Budget 2way 15inch pa top idea

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   Hi, I want to make some budget diy pa system and I have a problem and that is I live in apartment and i dont have very good power tools for wood cuting. And I was thinking if I can buy a empty or cheap 2 way wooden cabinet and put better components. I found the box PA 15 ECO MKII on thromann and to just put some better high driver + horn and better mid range driver now idk if box is good it is made of plywood. And here is link to the box  https://www.thomannmusic.com/the__pa15eco_mkii.htm - https://www.thomannmusic.com/the_box_pa15eco_mkii.htm

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Mr.miva Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 27 April 2025 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mr.miva Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Budget 2way 15inch pa top idea Posted: 20 July 2025 at 9:44pm
	Hi, I want to make some budget diy pa system and I have a problem and that is I live in apartment and i dont have very good power tools for wood cuting. And I was thinking if I can buy a empty or cheap 2 way wooden cabinet and put better components. I found the box PA 15 ECO MKII on thromann and to just put some better high driver + horn and better mid range driver now idk if box is good it is made of plywood. And here is link to the box https://www.thomannmusic.com/the__pa15eco_mkii.htm - https://www.thomannmusic.com/the_box_pa15eco_mkii.htm

monkeypuzzle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 25 January 2005 Status: Offline Points: 1046	Post Options Post Reply Quote monkeypuzzle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 July 2025 at 9:51pm
	Total up how much money the boxes will cost plus getting better components for them (and throwing away perfect working drivers?) and I can say for certain that you’d get a better second hand option anywhere. The drivers would already be matched to the box, the crossovers if running passive would be correct and it would be well built. I understand the desire to have some “diy” ownership over it but this is definitely not the way to do it. Edited by monkeypuzzle - 20 July 2025 at 9:52pm
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Mr.miva Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List New Member Joined: 27 April 2025 Location: Serbia Status: Offline Points: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote Mr.miva Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20 July 2025 at 10:06pm
	Well the problem is the used market is not that good like only stuff that is there are diy boxes and reselling the total cost would be like i can get bins on b-stock for around 100-90$ i will keep mid range driver for some time the horn+high range driver 100-150$ crossover will diy something 20$.

julius111 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 04 September 2021 Location: cologne Status: Offline Points: 57	Post Options Post Reply Quote julius111 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 21 July 2025 at 12:21pm
	you could build something like this in your kitchen https://celestion.com/blog/build-this-15-two-way-pa-cabinet-design/ you might pay a small premium on wood if you have it cut to plan but that leaves you with only making a bunch of holes with a jigsaw best, julius