best diy or used somewhat small speaker 1200

While it would be stretching your budget if you went with the kit from Madisound, the Joseph D'Appolito designed Thor using Seas drivers looks to be pretty phenomenal for the money. If you were tight for cash and have the necessary tools and woodworking skills, you could simply pick up all of the electronics involved and build your own cabinets. While I do have some questions about these speakers that were not answered in their review in Audio Xpress, they would still be VERY high on my list of speakers to check out in that price range. If i didn't already have a million other projects going on, i would probably buy a pair just to check out. They look THAT good on paper.... Sean
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I agree with Sean above you might want to take a look at the May issue of AudioXpress. Kit is $1550 at Madisound.

Or you can take a look at "AVinci One" at $1200 at www.acoustic-reality.com/portal.asp. Their site is not the easiest to navigate.

Dave Ellis has some nice 1801's available < $1,000 at http://home.attbi.com/~ellisaudio/index.htm

Both of these speakers are hard to audition as they are not "household names" and are factory direct. But then you do not pay for the name or the retail floor space either. Both are nice sounding speakers.

Cheers,

Tyler Reference monitors. See www.tyleracoustics.com or look for a used pair on Audiogon.

PSB Stratus mini still ranks high in my books;can't argue with any of the above suggestions either.

Paul Speltz has designed an EXCEPTIONAL sounding loudspeaker that he is willing to share with anyone interested. His contact information is available on his web site www.zeroimpedance.com. A picture of his design is shown at http://www.otlamp.com/pix/ps/speaker.html.

The THOR loudspeaker mentioned above looks very interesting as well.