Hello, all. This is my first post here, although I have been lurking and reading lots of great info about speaker building for several days now on this forum and the last several weeks elsewhere. My ultimate goal is to put together the finest budget audiophile 5.1 or 7.1 system that I possibly can. Music is the most important though, so that is why I want the Statements. I will post many pictures of my build to help those who follow. The pictures I have seen already posted have really helped me so far.
Trying to make a decision on what to build was tough, until I stumbled upon Curt's webpage and read about the Statements. I want to thank Jim H., whom I contacted recently for pointing me in the direction of this forum to read about experiences by so many that have already built what I am sure must be an incredible set of loudspeakers. This will be my first speaker build, but I have some carpentry and woodworking experience, so it should not be too difficult...I hope.
I began buying needed tools and ordered most of the speaker parts today, and will be starting the build asap. Madisound was out of stock on the Fountek ribbon tweeter, so I had to order from SpeakerCity for about $20 more.
The speakers I will be replacing are my trusty old floor standing Klipsch KG5.5's that I bought back in 94 new. I have already replaced my Jolida tube CD player and Jolida tube int amp with:
- Emotiva XPA-3 (this three channel amp will eventually power my center and the two rear channels).
- Emotiva USP-1 pre-amp.
- Emotiva ERC-1 CD Player
- Digital Phase AP2 floor standing speakers for rears
- JBL sub (used only with movies and TV, my Klipsch go low)
I will purchase and/or build within the next six months or so:
- Statement CC
- Statement monitors (only if I don't like the way the Digital Phase speakers integrate with the rest)
- Emotiva XPA-1 (x2) mono blocks, or the XPA-2 stereo amp if I can't swing the two big boys to power the Statements.
- Oppo blue-ray player
- Emotiva UMC-1 AV processor. (this component purchase will depend on Emotiva resolving some bugs, otherwise I will look elsewhere)
I have a hard time believing a better sounding system bought new can be had for what I am spending. Based on what I have read here, I'm betting those Emo mono blocks should really make those big Statements send me to total audio nirvana.
Trying to make a decision on what to build was tough, until I stumbled upon Curt's webpage and read about the Statements. I want to thank Jim H., whom I contacted recently for pointing me in the direction of this forum to read about experiences by so many that have already built what I am sure must be an incredible set of loudspeakers. This will be my first speaker build, but I have some carpentry and woodworking experience, so it should not be too difficult...I hope.
I began buying needed tools and ordered most of the speaker parts today, and will be starting the build asap. Madisound was out of stock on the Fountek ribbon tweeter, so I had to order from SpeakerCity for about $20 more.
The speakers I will be replacing are my trusty old floor standing Klipsch KG5.5's that I bought back in 94 new. I have already replaced my Jolida tube CD player and Jolida tube int amp with:
- Emotiva XPA-3 (this three channel amp will eventually power my center and the two rear channels).
- Emotiva USP-1 pre-amp.
- Emotiva ERC-1 CD Player
- Digital Phase AP2 floor standing speakers for rears
- JBL sub (used only with movies and TV, my Klipsch go low)
I will purchase and/or build within the next six months or so:
- Statement CC
- Statement monitors (only if I don't like the way the Digital Phase speakers integrate with the rest)
- Emotiva XPA-1 (x2) mono blocks, or the XPA-2 stereo amp if I can't swing the two big boys to power the Statements.
- Oppo blue-ray player
- Emotiva UMC-1 AV processor. (this component purchase will depend on Emotiva resolving some bugs, otherwise I will look elsewhere)
I have a hard time believing a better sounding system bought new can be had for what I am spending. Based on what I have read here, I'm betting those Emo mono blocks should really make those big Statements send me to total audio nirvana.
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