speaker help

Try a Epos speakers .They work fine with Naim amps. You can get the Epos M 12

MY system : Naim Nait 5 amplifier,Naim cd 5 ,Epos M 15 speakers,Naca5,FC2

Don't rule out Kans.

James, those speaker look awesome! Were they thoroughly designed by you?
The reason I'm asking is that I have listened to some DIY-Kit speakers recently, but most of them sounded provided very 'round earth' sound qualities (excellent sound staging, depth, etc.), but could not stand up to a Kan in terms of 'playing a tune'.
Are you planning to release a sort of 'construction manual' for those speakers? :-)

thanks for the replies.
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would the epos really get that low in the bass?
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James,
I am considering doing some DIY speaker work. I have pretty good woodworking skills and access to tools, and I can solder to a limited extent. other than that, I have no electrical skills to speak of. I am assuming I should start with a kit first and go from there. I have looked through your threads and you are obviously very knowledgable about the technical end of the speakers, where I am probably more interested in copying someone elses work to save some money and allow myself much more speaker than I could afford otherwise. Of the 2-3 projects you have posted on the forum, how much money do you think you have invested in the projects? I assume simply getting VIfa/scan speak parts and quality capacitors is a good chunk of the cost.
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I would be curious as to your opinion on if a good diy project by an amateur could be made in the $300-500 price range
thanks
Tim

James,
I guess I would be interested in a good starting point. I can look at the schematic for a crossover, but I don't fully understand how everything goes together. Do the + and - runs actually touch each other at some point? With basic questions such as these running through my head, I have been considering buying a kit/plans and then based on this purchase having the option to question the company a lot if necessary. I have been looking at getting the kit plans from Shamrock audio for their MTM design (SE-2) as I would assume this would supply a fair amount of bass at a fairly low cost. The plans are cheap ($25) the parts are VIFA tweeters and drivers, and at the very least I could use the speakers in my shop, or if I am very happy, I could turn them into towers.
I guess at this point, with limited speaker experience (Castle/Linn/will be borrowing some JBL), I am not quite sure what it is that I prefer. From reading the forum, a fast tight bass sounds wonderful, although I would be very curious to put what is called a "warm" spendor sound against the Linn sound I have right now. I do need a fairly small footprint (tower or monitor) that will deliver a fair amount of bass and not be real location dependant design, or at least be a design that works placed against the wall. I am running NAIM electonics, so something that would play well with that, and I have a 250, so super efficent would not be critical. I have seen the PROAC clone on the web and some simple transmission lines that make me very curious, but I think I need something simple to start off that will let me "cut my teeth" a bit, but hopefully have some practical use. Or is that silly?, should I assume that as I build, I will then tear down and reuse or sell off for parts cost? and constantly keep going? I would be curious to hear your opinions on starting the hobby.
thank you for any help.
Tim

Hi James,
Those are great looking speakers you have posted.
Did you have a published design or set of plans you worked from?
Cheers,

thank you James, I need to get my workshop completed and wired this summer, but I am looking forward to doing some woodworking soon. Hopefully it will keep me from spending my money on gear, and more on drivers, caps etc. I think I will do the simpler shamrock (SE-1) plan, since it will be cheaper and front ported, and then if that proves satisfying and up to my level of ignorance, then possibly pursue the proac clones or maybe hack together a t-line out of particle board just to see if something like that will work. I already have many more plans/ideas than I do time or money. thank you for the suggestions, and like everyone else, if you do start releasing some of your plans I will be very interested.
thank yo