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These speakers will perform FAR better then conventional with either high end amps or low budget, BUT they love TUBES. the ones pictured are (4) McIntosh MC60's each have been totally removed of all copper and replaced with silver point to point. Of course I use Genelex and Telefunken tubes

I also made custom speaker grills (1960's style) more like furniture then just speakers..they are great to look at and the sound beats ANYTHING I ever had and I HAVE had my share of high end speakers. These horns create a frequency path that is over 6' long before it comes out the front. with that you get that DEEP excellent bass with out having to have a powered sub. This is more like listening to live music... .Perfect

with out the grill on you can see the folded mid and back throat of the bass bin, at very low volume you can still feel the floor vibrate. you can buy $25,000 speakers made of Burl wood or rare rose wood BUT none will come close to a ear shattering level at only 5 watts. Efficency is EVERYTHING!!! less power means LESS distortion. and true to life signal path means a room full of NON directional music...and the music is already expanded before it come out of the speaker, the room becomes more true to being an an actual music hall or a live event. You can hear then turn the pages in classical, youll hear bottle caps drop as they drink during rock recording sections, youll think your DARK SIDE OF THE MOON was a remix. DID you know on dark side when he says " I was really drunk at the time" (he actually says that twice) a lady says "and she was cruising for a bruising" ? with great clarity. Like I said.. CREEPY

The 4th order active crossover, once its finished being adjusted it will be mounted in a nice oak box. adjusting the micro dials has allowed me to fine tune the mids and highs to match the bass output with great tone, If you listen to Jazz you sometime open your eyes because it sounds as if the Trumpet player walked across the room and leaned over and hit those notes right in your ear as if he were standing there next to you...Its actually CREEPY

The Right speaker is wider then the LEFT. this allows a lower bass frequency to pass allowing the room to sound more like a LIVE jazz club where the bass is actually deeper on one of the two channels..and when I play classic rock when the bass player strikes a hard note it lessens that TWANG thru the left side. This makes for a GREAT separation.

Separate your SYSTEMS! keep your surround on one wall and your two channel on the other, WHO wants to look at the neighbors house lights or any reflection from a monitors screen while listening to music?? I prefer the glow of the tubes with the lights off when I'm at peace with this system....IMPORTANT... DONT be FOOLED... ALWAYS USE high grade speaker cable NOT thin cheap wire, it will RUIN your sound quality

ONCE you take PURE silver point to point (remember NO COPPER) and adjust the humm. You get a DEEP purple glow, when they glow RED they are over driven KEEP them COOL and efficient, PURPLE IS BETTER...music never sounded so good...

Special Silver guts make for an amusing show of light and color, from fire red in the center to Dr. Frankenstein blue and purple towards the edges of the tube. Although you need to wait a good half hour for the tubes to become full caliber tone monsters, the wait is worth it, I fire them up and play classical at low volume to get them started. Always have spare tubes in case one goes so you dont get hit with having to plug in the am fm alarm clock for party music....

SO there you have it. SO if anyone wants to have THESE great speakers Ill be happy to have the construction plans available. A quick trip to Home Depot and a few web sites for the mid horns and drivers and all you need is the 4th order active crossover ( maybe about $250) assuming you have the amps and pre amp. ALSO you can mount a tweeter inside the cabinets above the mid horn. the larger fancy JBL's I have on top are your choice or add your own. The speakers may cost about $500 in total. I used them with no grills BUT my cat (hes walking over my N.E.W. pre amp in the image) decided to discover how to GET INSIDE the horn cabinets. WARNING. one little nail, or screw or even a CAT TOY, inside the bass horn and it will vibrate and youll GO NUTS trying to find the buzz, in this case it was a plastic cat toy that had a bell, TOOK me 4 days to find it so GRILLS are advised...