Not manufactured any more.

One set of designs that ought be much missed by DIYers (and everyone else) are the kit speakers from George Short at North Creek.  Mostly pretty basic MTM or two way designs, with top quality components, often voiced to be placed quite near boundaries (very helpful for many of us), and sold at real world prices.

Below is is somebody's very attractive build of the Big Kat. The smaller, and still very good, Eska was one of my first serious speakers, with figured walnut boxes built by George's colleague Lee Taylor.  They still serve admirably as the fronts in my small home theater.

Altec Lansing Stonehenge 604-8G

No idea, looks German maybe English, I got it, Georgian speakers.

Merry Christmas

@jdoris 

When Jim Winey left 3-M and invented Magnepans, boxes became obsolete.  I am sure there are some very fine ones out there, and Maggies are not for every room or every hardware set-up, but pair them with some good HW (Audio Research, for example) and have them set up properly IN YOUR ROOM.

If then you still prefer boxes, go for it.

Cheers!

@richopp 

Thanks, I can noe see where you are coming from.

I think the planer/box question is very much a matter of taste, rather than a question of objective obsolescence.

I've listened to decent bit to Maggies, and while I admire them, the sound a bit vaporous to me, and I prefer the punch I hear in boxes.  Judging by the composition of the market, many others, including those who can fool with room and kit all they want, have similar sentiments.  Nobody has to be "right" here, of course.

Cheers, and back to our originally scheduled programming! 😊