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Jem Raid wrote:
As regards DIY speakers, few will have the equipment or skills to make
them *look* other than DIY, and poor diy at that.

I'm not knocking making sound equipment. But it's best to make the
things you can't buy at a reasonable price.

That's a bit defeatist Dave, you can get the wood sawn up on a wall
mounted cutting machine at lots of woodyards,

Woodyards don't cater for DIY in general - they'll only rough cut stuff. A
*shed* tends to have a 'wall mounted cutting machine', but calling them
woodyards is stretching things a bit far.

all you need after that is
a saw and a rough file and maybe a plane for the final cuts and angles.

You're a bit new to this DIY game then?

(I'm talking of the Buschhorn here) Advice on finishing them is
available on the DIY forums, usually from some expert only too keen to
share their knowledge.

Sharing knowledge and actually doing something aren't quite the same thing.
But perhaps you're happy with a lick of paint on your furniture - watch
'Changing Rooms' often?

The vital difference between DIY and bought stuff, is that you KNOW that
you are being ripped off against using a design that someone has worked
on for years, has been modified by other interested people and presented
to the rest of us in a truly altruistic fashion.

Why don't you ask to visit a speaker maker - somewhere like Spendor or
Harbeth, who make or source all their own parts and designs? The care they
take needs to be seen.

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*If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it?

Dave Plowman London SW 12
RIP Acorn