A friend and I are looking at bidding on building a sound system for a church. There are things we'd like to do in order to save money. One of them is the obvious: building the speakers instead of purchasing them pre-built.
Here's one we were looking at: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha-S...08-i1152937.gc
We were going to use 4 of these. They're $300 each, but I know I could probably get them around $250 with no sales tax with my account. So I'm trying to decide whether it would be worth building them. Has anyone ever tackled such a project for live sound?
Here's another one: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha-S...07-i1152939.gc
It's the dual 18" sub. It's already a decent price from a pre-built perspective but hmm.. how much are those drivers separately?
Here's the floor monitor: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha-S...00-i1152936.gc
We figured 2 of those are needed.
In total, these speakers would cost $2370. Would the cost savings of DIY'ing these outweigh any time spent making them? I have about 2 months to build them. Looks like I wont be saving too much, right?
Also, black color.. for a church? Seems eerie. I was thinking I could make something like these out of MDF and coat with white Herculiner. Ever tried that? I've done black Herculiner on a subwoofer enclosure for a studio setup and it looked/felt fantastic! Anything else you can think of or lead some direction into this?
Here's one we were looking at: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha-S...08-i1152937.gc
We were going to use 4 of these. They're $300 each, but I know I could probably get them around $250 with no sales tax with my account. So I'm trying to decide whether it would be worth building them. Has anyone ever tackled such a project for live sound?
Here's another one: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha-S...07-i1152939.gc
It's the dual 18" sub. It's already a decent price from a pre-built perspective but hmm.. how much are those drivers separately?
Here's the floor monitor: http://www.guitarcenter.com/Yamaha-S...00-i1152936.gc
We figured 2 of those are needed.
In total, these speakers would cost $2370. Would the cost savings of DIY'ing these outweigh any time spent making them? I have about 2 months to build them. Looks like I wont be saving too much, right?
Also, black color.. for a church? Seems eerie. I was thinking I could make something like these out of MDF and coat with white Herculiner. Ever tried that? I've done black Herculiner on a subwoofer enclosure for a studio setup and it looked/felt fantastic! Anything else you can think of or lead some direction into this?
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