I have been listening to my own DIY design speakers since 1991, from 1986 to 1991 I had Magnepan MG3s. I have had a variety of DIY designs involving 2 and 3way speakers supplemented with a home built stereo subwoofer system. The stuff was ugly but it sounded better than what I heard in the
High-end stores.I realized that if I was really going to get much of an improvement in DIY speakers it was going to take a large investment in measuring software like CLIO,Milisa or LMS
and much more extensive woodworking equipement and skills.
I decided it was easier to pay Rick Reimer to build what I hoped would be my dream system than to do it myself. I had several discussions with Rick about his designs and found that we seemed to be looking for the same things regarding
music reproduction. We both wanted as accurate a loudspeaker
as could possibly be built without sacrificing the music.
The speakers are clean and dynamic from top to bottom.
They just sound like music not loudspeakers trying to reproduce music.
The Reimers are not bi-wireable, the series crossover design he uses precludes this. It is responsible for the coherence his speakers exhibit,their ability to sonically disappear and it contributes to the speakers lifelike dynamics.
Stans DIY gear is right on the cutting edge. He is also looking for as accurate a reproduction of the recorded waveform as possible. He is trying to loose as little as possible of the originally recorded information as it passes through the chain on the way to the speakers. Basically he is trying to make gear that you cannot hear any losses from
when it is placed into the signal path. So far he has been very successful in realizing this goal. Both Stan and Rick are trying to keep the life that might have been captured in the recording from being lost on the way to your ears. I am very satisfied with the realistic sounding system that resulted from their contributions.
