best diy or used somewhat small speaker 1200

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.

GR Research is my choice. I am the previous owner of both the PAradigm Ref 100v2's and the PSB Goldi's and I prefer the midrange and highend of the AV1+ bookshelf speaker. I also use a sub to fill out the bottom information crossed over at 60hz and below. I've written a review on this site and all you have to do is search for GR Research and it should come up. Also, go to Audio Asylum and do a search on GR Research and watch how many entries come up. They are also the most reviewed speaker over there as we speak.

Whatever choice you make,(and there are many)good luck and enjoy the music.