What kit you decide to use is going to be based on your design parameters and what you want the system to do (as well as your budget obviously). Just saying “I want to build a system” is going to result in you wasting your cash – what do you want it to be able to do? What might you want it to do in future? Where are you going to use it? Does it need to be easily mobile or is it for a fixed install? How is it going to be powered?
Being as thorough as possible with these questions will help you to draw up the basic parameters – the things it has to be capable of, and will give you some idea of the shape the finished system will need (ie wether you go for active crossovers or passives, how much power the amps can be allowed to draw, how much output power it will need etc).
When you’ve done that then you can start thinking about which amps/speakers to use and which you can afford (these are decisions for the final part of the design process, not the start). Doing all this stuff will save you from some costly errors and should hopefully give you a system fit for the purpose you will use it for.
If you want to post the list of things you want it to do, I’ll give you some recommendations as to what you’ll need to do what you want to do (and some advice on what kit you might want to consider…)
The article isn’t finished yet either – it’s taking me a good deal longer than expected… There will be a section on speaker design, driver types etc, but I skipped ahead because all the theory was making me go a little strange in the head 😉
