what drivers are best? thinking of a DIY project

ooops sorry

I am building a single driver system nothing too complex

Lowther is too pricey but some feel the midrange on the Fostex is "shouty" so I am asking around

I will go to the sites you guys mention and thanks

I may post again as I have a long road ahead...

best Phil

206en in a nagaoka cabinets a good sound but use nagaoka's design not others

I use my Merrill Zigmahornets daily and can't believe how good they are. You can get the instructions on-line to build the 1/4 wave transmission line cabinets. My only mods were to use better wiring, real binding posts and spiked feet.

The bass from these is tremendous due to the cabinet design. I run them with a 10 watt tube amp and never run out of power. Guessing at 94-94db efficiency. They are very smooth and not "shouty" at all like some mentioned above. The Lowthers have that bump around 1000hz which is very noticable in my opinion.

Since the Merrill drivers are no longer available, my preference would probably be the Jordan 4". The closest I have seen to these in a production model is the Role Audio to give you an idea of what you will get.

I just wanted to mention that if need be you could also add a Super tweeter that would sit on top of your speaker cabinets.
I ended up doing that for a pair of single driver speakers I had.
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/bullet-tweeters/fostex-t90a-top-mount-horn-super-tweeter/
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/index.php?p=home

you guys are the best

I will have to fire up all my brain cells and do more digging

thank you and I will post my progress/questions