DIY high end speakers?

Hello Kooshballa, I have been building for 30 plus years, I'd be glad to give you some recommedations, first I have a couple of questions, If you can answer these, I'll send over some suggestions.
What type of music do you listen to?
How big is your room?
How much power do you have?
Tubes or Solid State?
How loud do you listen?
Let me know when you can, Tim

Wow, what great responses...thank you to all who have posted!

Tim, please don't judge me when I list out my music types; it is probibly the most messed up combination of genres and artists that this forum has ever seen:)

First I will get the music question out of the way...

I listen to a wide variety of music but mainly modern rock with a blues influence (the black keys, white stripes, any of jack white's other bands, etc), typical modern rock (foo fighters, Dave matthews, green day, etc), heavy rock (system of a down, seether, etc), jam band type music (dispatch, slightly stoopid), and rap (yes, rap) (eminem, jayz, lil wayne).

The room is a funny size since it is our living room in a somewhat open floor plan but I would figure 14x20 but that is not an "enclosed" room.

Power right now is coming just from the integra 40.1 receiver which is around 100watts per but that can change. I am not opposed to adding / upgrading components down the line as I learn more about my audio tastes and how to satisfy them.

I like to listen loud but when others are in the house it is realistically at a medium level. If you are in the couch you can have a conversation but you will be raising your voice and will end up turning it down to talk.

Hope those answers help, if you need more info let me know.

Thanks again.

It may also be worth noting that my current spekers are polk rt2000p mains and a polk cs400 center speaker...so that is my point of reference for now.

I've been researching this as well, and one of my favorite designs is the single, full-range, rear-loaded horns.

www.frugal-horn.com has many free designs, and forums of users that have built them. Good info.

Mot

Check out the Parts Express Tech Talk board. Lot's of DIY activity and tutoring on developing the speaker of your dreams if some of the off the shelf DIY designs aren't quite what you're looking for.