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From: hoel@null.DEC
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: HOME BUILT SPEAKERS
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Date: Wed, 11-Jul-84 08:39:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 11 08:39:12 1984
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Recently during a Friday afternoon filled with severe ugliness and more beer
than any frat boy deserves , I had my speakers nuked during a Dead Kennedies
LP .  I have begun the  search for a new set of speakers in the  $200 - $400
price range, with the chief requirements being :

 	1.   They sound decent ( this is a misnomer , they'll  probably only 
 	     be playing rock and punk music )
 	2.   They are virtually indestructable (I live in a UC Berkeley frat)
 	3.   Their  lifetime  need only be one to five years, depending upon
 	     when I decide to enter the real world , and at that  point I'll
 	     look for a higher quality set which will play real music

After  going through the  motions of visiting  various  'warehouse' stereo
stores , I came upon one curious salesman  that  suggested that I build my
own ( his store did carry a large number of drivers ) .  He stated that
I could build a fairly good quality set rather inexpensively , which could
handle all the power and distortion I would ever want to pump through them 
( 90 watt amp ).  He also suggested that I stick with a closed cabinet for 
design simplicity.

I have had a fairly good  amount of experience with wood working, although
I  would probalbly make the  speakers out of particle board , two by fours,
vast quantities of  Elmer's glue, and a can of black spray paint - basical-
ly I don't care what they look like.  

Is this idea of building my own speakers far too stupid and naive to con-
tinue with, or have others had experience with building their own at some 
point in the past .  All comments are more than welcome, but if you think 
that the idea of building my own is not worthwhile, please suggest some-
thing in the $ 200 - $ 400 price range ( remember , these will not be the 
last set of speakers I'll ever own).

 			THANKS A BUNCH -   Erik Hoel
 			 		   DEC - Hudson