Why is it that nearly every Hi-Fi loudspeaker available commercially is a box, a rectangular prism; with 'function' and very little 'form' !!.....Sure the finish might be interesting, nice timber or a neat paint job, but it really is still just a box !!

ARGOS breaks away from the commercial financial necessity of building 'boxes', to create FORM and FUNCTION.

The loudspeaker now becomes a piece of furniture or even ART , but still performs its primary function to an exceptionally high degree. In fact, most designs actually include facets that enhance the sound quality, taking into account such theoretical problems such as minimizing internal standing waves, minimizing baffle diffraction artifacts.

 All speakers are designed with sound quality as the overriding concern. Quality drivers are used in all speakers built. Quality components are also used in crossovers, which are generally of the 'series' variety, providing dynamics and a natural 'together' sound as their main characteristics.

FOR SALE:  Some of these are for sale. East coast of Mainland Australia only, sorry

other DIY loudspeaker web pages.

link to stuff about series cross-overs

Tapered Quarter-Wave Pipe
A tall, elegant speaker that has a warm and precise response,
excellent for most music types. Can be finished in a variety of
ways from the plane to the exotic!  
 

CONCEPT:
5" or 6.5" mtm design with elegant curved sides.
For Home theater use the mtm's can be combined with active
subwoofers in stands and can also be used as a centre channel.

TULIP:
4" to 6.5" bookshelf speakers using a pressed laminated sides. vented out the base. Could be mounted on poles etc

STACKS:
an exercise in diffraction minimization, yielding a rather interesting small loudspeaker,
that 'images'  like crazy !!.

WINDSWEPT:
Dual curved tapered quarter-wave pipe. Need a big room, because these things pump bass !!

Vifa 3-way Pyramid:
An experimental pyramid, with 12mm Tasmanian oak over mdf on the sides, hessian front baffle. Open back pipe on mids.

TRINITY:
MtM tower of exceptional sound quality. Finish is oiled timber.
Drivers are Peerless HDS 6.5" and the Vifa XT25 tweeter.
The design concept is extended to a smaller pair of 5" mtms.

HEX HT:
Hexagonal cabinets (on the outside) in oiled timber finish making up a matched medium power home theatre system.

Kappelmeister transmission line:
A normal box cabinet on the outside, but houses a long
transmission line giving very smooth bass response.
 

GUMBY:
U-frame line array with active bass module. A really nice speaker to listen to ..all day!

I was VERY fortunate to pick up the majority of the mids at 1/4 retail price :-))

CORINTHIAN:
A derivation of the tapered pipe, built as a dodecahedral truncated pyramid... much fun with saw !!.

POKEY:
A line array designed specifically for my own HT use, using cheap 4" drivers.  The whole system comprises 34 x 4" drivers, tweeters, and 3 subwoofers

MANHATTAN:
A 4-way experiment using a pair of old Kef B139's in a Transmission line

BLACKWOOD:
A 3-way open-back MTMW using Vifa M11WH, Peerless 811852, and a 10"Jaycar polypropylene

HARMONY ASKEW:
A "different" 8" 2-way using a Jaycar carbon and some second- hand Yamaha tweeters.

 

BRETT'S  7.1 HT 
A full 7.1 HT system with MTM LRC, and MT wall hanging sats

Uses Peerless mids and sub, Seas Tweeters.

 

THE JUKE:
A retro style 3-way using open back mids and vented bass.

Vifa mids, Seas 27TDFC tweeter, dual 8" bass

 

SAURON:
An all real timber design, using Vifa m18Wo bass, Peerless 4" mid and Audax TM020J7 in a specially turned mahogany pod.

 

ROCKETTE:
An Open Back MTM U-frame with vented woofer.                      Drivers are vented Jaycar 10" Response bass, GR Research M130/16 mids and Seas 27TDFC tweeter, combined with a linked 3-way series x-o.

JAY'S:
All Jaycar MTM HT system plus other speakers for other rooms

Awkward position meant standard type of speaker built to specific size.

A BASIC HT SYSTEM:
A straightforward 'rectangular' box HT system I made in early days.

Drivers are all Audax.

Sub uses a Vifa M26 with 150w plate amp.

TERRY'S HT: 
A friend's HT system by ARGOS.

Tapered pipe fronts, MTM centre MT wall bracketed rears.

All Vifa drivers

CERAPHIN:
Another open back line array based on Gumby.  This one uses 12 Vifa TC13's and a single Peerless horn tweeter.

Sub is Peerless 830845 sealed.

The DELOREANS: 
Another open back U-frame, this time using Jaycar's new line of poly/paper drivers and a Wavecor tweeter