Troels Gravesen DIY loudspeakers

So, CNO Mk2 Meets Magico Mini! 22 Liters volume instead of 24.... Close enough
Sorry for my poor Editing skills, I hope you can enjoy nevertheless.
And, please feel free to comment! I will be glad to answer any questions
Music is BoubacarTraore- Soundiata

[@matt996]

Incredible construction. These days you don't see too many translam builds done without a CNC. Respect!

[@irwinorlina3564]

One of the best design ive ever seen..

[@FusedAnubis1]

Great use of CAD and used with perfect engineering skills and no use of CAM this takes hand machining to another level👍

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks for your kind words!

[@frankjames4573]

An incredible amount of complex work... Dedication at it's best... Amazing crossover units, separated from the cabinets, I love that! I would love to hear these speakers, live...

[@totalplonker824]

Beautiful elegant stereo speakers. They even make my Sonos Faber speakers look average! And to think I haven't even mentioned the stands. 😯

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you for your beautiful comment! Although I must admit that most beautiful speakers I've seen and heard to date was a pair of Sonus Faber Stradivari. That was 15 years ago in France 🇫🇷, how time flies 😳

[@nellyt2807]

Bloody hell those are beautifully made I actually think your design and execution of the stands are superior to the original stands never seen anything like those .

[@sanjeevkumar-hx4hi]

B&W Nautilus was made by a team but this masterpiece is solely created by Noam. Hats off to bro! Respects for your skills and love from India.

[@noamgellerdiy]

Fantastic reply! Thank you so much! Love to India

[@sanjeevkumar-hx4hi]

@@noamgellerdiy Dear Noam, where do you belong from?

[@openbafflespeakerbuilder9863]

Wow, absolutely beautiful design and fantastic implementation. Another great design by Troels incredibly built with your mad skills!

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you for the beautiful comment!

[@Msr.Mvundlelavic]

That is some next level craftsmanship. Stonking selection of music as well

[@denverhamilton1560]

Seen a lot of DIY speaker vids. This by far is the best looking, with amazing execution. Really well done sir.

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you for such an amazing comment! appreciate it!

[@hudiamichael2791]

Magnifique !!! Un travail exceptionnel , l’idée du piètement croisé est superbe !! Bravo!!!👍👍👍🇫🇷

[@noamgellerdiy]

Merci Michael 🙏🙏🙏

[@nakfan]

Oh me oh my --- some absolutely beautiful speakers... DIY taken to the sublime... And the video with it's soundtrack is soo nice... Thank you so much for sharing. BR, Per (Bornholm, Denmark)

[@Hermann_58]

Ein Meisterwerk....Wohl dem der die Fertig - und Möglichkeiten besitzt so etwas zu realisieren......

[@noamgellerdiy]

Vielen lieben Dank für diese tolle Kommentare 🙏🙏🙏

[@pabloosvaldopenizzotto1098]

Beautiful, excellent, perfect, awesome,and all other nice words you can imagine can be use to congratulate you for your project!!

[@CS-dp1ss]

Stunning work of art!

[@noamgellerdiy]

@@CS-dp1ss thank you !

[@davidlambert3892]

Beautiful job! I wish I had your woodworking skills.

[@RoyRoyz15]

What a beautiful pieces of craftsmanship. Follow, for future projects... 😍

[@rcmoot]

That was good watching. I built two -3 ways for myself, and enjoy them .

[@JesusISdaonlyway]

Simply....incredible.

[@nikk77777able]

This is art... just a masterpiece of art

[@ricksalt6860]

Amazing , excellent job and great sound track . Thank You

[@pjmt29]

Wow ! i wish i had the know how, space & tools to do this. Beautiful, well done.

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@paulcsaszar5824]

Wow that is one of most beautiful speakers I have seen beautiful job...😁😁😁

[@gt4viking789]

Beautiful craftsmanship, thanks for sharing! 👍🏼🤗 ATB Peter

[@varunu4176]

Incredibly beautiful build!

[@normalman6686]

Excellent craftsmanship!

[@jeppesyrjala]

Amazing build! Truly inspiring... Thanks for sharing!

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you for the kind comment! Appreciate it!

[@Haran_Zagury]

B-E-A-UTIFUL!!! wish you to build as the same level as Magico

[@shaunonverwacht9626]

Thank you for sharing a beautiful build and beautiful music!

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks!

[@jonpatrick66]

This is Amazing! Absolutely beautiful! Great job man 👌

[@Pstavridis]

Looks like a pice of art! Nice job!

[@bozidargajic7570]

What work!!!!! Congratulations

[@peanutbutterjellyjam2179]

Your work is beyond compare.

[@gilwright9472]

Well done... awesome job

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you!

[@TheAlberto6842]

Stupendous work !

[@alexw890]

These are gorgeous!

[@EK-em2zv]

Thats some craftsmanship!

[@koskkk]

Gold medal.

[@miketan373]

piece of art, great job

[@user-ne8yw4zz1m]

Шедевральные на вид . Послушать необходимо

[@paulusandronicus]

Superb work!

[@alap4381]

Amazing work, wonderful!!

[@sc0or]

But internal cage ribs must be soft edged, don't you think so? Thanks for sharing this piece of art -)

[@mogdimitysplitz3216]

Incredible!!

[@MTMXBL]

excellent work, i think i will try to re-create your stands for my next build. tho, i've never attempted a lamination bend glue up...

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks! I was easier then I thought, just time consuming, worth a try anyhow

[@rainman3269]

Awesome job ... I wish I could make something like these ... 😎

[@TheTsubarjo]

Nicely done.

[@romandevivo1163]

Amazing work. Would love to build these myself. Do you have any drawings or building guide?

[@michaelz6870]

Abso stellar. Dug the 🎶 🎵 too👌

[@stogie525]

Outstanding my friend!

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks!

[@judebrown2672]

Stunning. I'd pay you for these a very good price.

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you sir, appreciate it!

[@michaelsegel8758]

The more I watch DIY videos on speakers and cabinets, the more I appreciate the level of skill you have and put into these pieces. I have to ask.. how did you model your magico design? Did you match it to the volume of the CNO Mk II or Mk III (now up on their site.) Did you have to change the XO because the Mk III shows the tweeter slightly behind the driver. Thx

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you Michael 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 For the magico mini, I used every photo I could find on the net and photoshoped it into the CAD. Then I had the (almost) original size of the real deal down to the millimeter, as well the placement of drivers. Turns out the the magico mini has a capacity of 22Liter. The cno had 24Liter if I'm not mistaken... so it was easy to ignore the 2 Liters. So I went all on Magico and disregarded the cno design. Still sounds good 😉

[@michaelsegel8758]

@@noamgellerdiy Thanks for the reply. Did you keep the same cross over? Would love to PM you and talk about this further. Are you on any of the DYI speaker forums?

[@noamgellerdiy]

@michaelsegel8758 sure, you can contact me at [e-mail]

[@metssuru]

Fine work

[@dantwomey]

Awesome!

[@kgtaillon27]

Really nice job!!

[@asedillo1]

Awesome...Always want to try to do spray paint as well....How do you make it look glossy? Did you use lacquer on top of the paint? Thanks.

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks! Yes exactly, after the metallic paint spray I have used three layers of clear lack... it tooked the metallic effect a bit away thou

[@asedillo1]

@@noamgellerdiy Thanks so much....I'm new to doing DIY speaker and at the moment all of my cabinets are not looking good. Will try to buy some spray paint and lacquer. Hope this will look ok :)

[@BogdanWeiss]

@@asedillo1 Gloss finish is very difficult to attain under DIY conditions - go for a satin ( semi gloss or flat ) finish or a natural non-toxic oil & beeswax when using plywood - I also used "hammertone" metal paint with good results.... here's a pro-paint job kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHO5YYODjsuWadE

[@joeygonzo]

@@BogdanWeiss Use auto clear coat . You can get a pint from Ebay for $20. Coat it first with epoxy ( BSI Finish Cure ). Coat once with epoxy. Sand with 800 grit and 0 steel woold. One more coat of epoxy. Same sanding. Then auto clear coat. First coat gets wet sanded with 1000 grit and then 000 steel wool. Then spray auto clear again. Wet sand from 1000 to 2500 then buff. 2 compounds. Just watch videos how car finishers do it . It will look so good, you'd embarrass the big brands.

[@hjorhoey]

Lækkert Troels.

[@edwardcarr2510]

really well done friend, given the time and energy expended in the execution of these beauties how did the price compare with buying the originals, did you do a comparative costing of hours/materials and cost of lost business if applicable ?

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks a lot! The original Magico retailed for 36k... I spent around 1500euro for mine and many many of hours of building them... (which I call therapy :) I suspect Magico spent the same amount of money (1500usd) for the raw drivers and crossover materials but then had to spent the real money 3-6k on the outsourced wooden cabinet. Luckily as a DIY we are free to do anything we want without the obvious cost of time\production and other pains.

[@michaelsegel8758]

Wow, simply amazing. Have to ask where you sourced your Panzerholtz? I don't think I can find it in the US. Would love to pick your brain over these...

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you Michael, as far as I know Panzerholz is a German product. Delignit is the name of the firm. Very hard to come by also here in Germany... and the costs are ridiculous, about 300€ for 1sqm.

[@michaelsegel8758]

@@noamgellerdiy Have you heard about Lignostone it is another brand of densified wood like Panzerholtz / Delignt.

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you for that, I was not aware of it@@michaelsegel8758

[@buttman1079]

Do you still like these speakers?

[@hopnside1]

Awesome 👍🏽

[@Canadian_Eh_I]

BEEE-U-TIFUL

[@tweakhane]

Perfect, love the foot design. However, the cable design should not be that way. This place can be improved. But overall it is flawless. If these feet are on sale, I will buy them immediately. 👌👏

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks for your kind words and critic as well!

[@robinsonayca8804]

Congratts!!

[@Lasse3]

Wauw, craftsmanship like this in a commercial venue, we're talking +20000 $ USD The only thing that's weird to me, if you can basically build anything and make it look as expensive as the B&W 800 Diamond, why did you go for a 2-way system :d ? I would definitely had made a 3way floorstander xD !

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks for the beautiful comment! The Next 4 from Troels Gravesen is already in the making :)

[@Lasse3]

@@noamgellerdiy you have to do a video 😁 I love watching, sadly I wouldn't be able to build anything myself, not even if my life depended on it. I visited Troels personally, and bought his SBA761, so I'm also kinda like a DIY guy. 😂

[@dannielrolfe8079]

Do you have plans for sale?

[@r.c.d903]

Wow, hermosas 👍

[@anesloudspeakers1960]

Nice worl

[@raynergalid9227]

Hi from Malaysia. Excellent work! How tall are the actual speakers (What is the individual thickness of plywood and how many are stacked per speaker)? How many of the stacked plywood have braces (how many are the X-braces inside)? The stands have more character than the Magico ones!

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you for your kind words! If I remember corectly I have stacked 17 layers of 24mm plywood... 7 of them are braced

[@raynergalid9227]

@@noamgellerdiy Thank for the response. Love the stands; will try to imitate yours even if I can't make the "Magicos" first :-)

[@ginopaoli8117]

hello very nice video, great speaker making, I wanted to ask you if it is possible to have the layouts and dimensions of the speakers. I like to try to make them thanks

[@daanvanhoogstraten9603]

Love the build! I am planning on doing a magico mini style build myself. How did you change the CNOMK2 dimensions to fit your design?

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks for the kind words! Well the magico mini has 22 liters in volume and the cno needs 24. at first I have just ignored it... now I am running it crossed with the lower part of the Next 4 design.

[@daanvanhoogstraten9603]

@@noamgellerdiy Thanks for your reply! The CNO plans got removed from the Troelsgravesen website, so I guess I have to wing it more or less. How thick was the multiplex you used and how much layers did you need? Hope you don't mind me asking these questions.

[@gaithouri]

sooo goood ... what drivers have you used ?

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thank you :) those are the CNO mk2 (Cost no object) speaker design of Troels Gravesen. They are using the seas nextel drivers.

[@hereistay88]

Wow, astonishing!!! Do you sell the project?

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks!! As for now I'm not selling... not until I Finnish my next project ;)

[@hereistay88]

@@noamgellerdiy maybe I was not clear about my question...I mean the project "drawings".

[@noamgellerdiy]

@@hereistay88 sorry, those are long gone with my dead computer.

[@briancampbell7712]

beautiful...where can one buy the kit to make?

[@noamgellerdiy]

Thanks! Check out Troels Gravesen website, there you'll find many high end kits.

[@briancampbell7712]

@@noamgellerdiy will i have to solder?

[@noamgellerdiy]

@@briancampbell7712 yes, and also build the cabinet. But, if it is for the moment too much, you could have a look in Hifishark.com. there are some speaker of his Design

[@Godbrotherhood]

Geil…👌

[@murcielago188]

How is the sound, can you describe it? Thanks.

[@user-ne8yw4zz1m]

Сколько время заняла работа?

[@dougb5028]

can you tell us about the crossovers? How did you design those?

[@noamgellerdiy]

A very talented person desing those speakers, Troels Gravesen of Denemark. check his website. it is a DIY Bible!

[@user-ei1cw2ul1s]

Gourgeos speakers!

[@evi1yoda]

Amazing job and without a CNC router! I've been thinking about this type of speaker build but hadn't decided on the driver implementation - is there any way you could share your build files? I'd be happy to pay for them. Thanks!

[@noamgellerdiy]

Joe Hsu, Thank you for your kind comment! unfortenatly I don't have those plans anymore. and any how it wouldnt have broutgh you far since ti was only a sketch and not fully detailed. the process was building just developed itself on the go. Yet again, thanks !

[@frankmarchese283]

Hi how can I get in contact with you ? I would like you to make me a pair .

[@noamgellerdiy]

[e-mail] (after 3 years.... pfffff- I am such an idiot-So sorry!)

[@stanwest3529]

Dont like them one bit sorry I like square boxes

[@thomasschafer7268]

Panzerholz. Hahaha. 340€/m2 20mm. Wake up!!!!

[@noamgellerdiy]

Von ebay Kleinanzeigen... 50 Euro gezahlt.

[@nicktarnofsky9523]

THIS FUX

[@poopandfartjokes]

Wow!

[@davidlambert3892]

Beautiful job! I wish I had your woodworking skills.