Quote Originally Posted by harley .guy07
Yes I agree that Freewill has seemed to grow into wanting higher end stuff and realizing that there is a difference in low priced best buy gear and stuff that is worth having. I know I have heard a lot of brands of equipment I do not have as high end of a system as I have worked with in the past when I worked in the audio field but I do aspire to get some better gear and bring my system up to the worth of my knowledge in this hobby. As far as the gear mentioned hear I pretty much agree with everyone and would say that checking audiogon a couple of times a week would be a good thing since their turnover is real high and also that Emotiva might as well be something to look at since you want to go higher end but at the best possible price per performance units and they seem to be kicking some real ass with their stuff for the money. And you say you are building your own speakers I would not mind hearing about your plans for them and what type and brand of drivers you are going to use seeing that DIY is one of my things as well. And as well if we knew more about what speakers you were runnning we might have an even better ability to send you in the right preamp/amp direction.
Well good to know your so interested! I have a plan sorta.

The cabs will be around 30" tall by 18" wide. I will just be starting with a front baffle and a bottom base. As I mess with them more and the sound aspect I might add wings. I will be sanding curves around the morners and painting them gloss black then taping off a design and painting them gloss red. My furniture will look fantastic with them. =]

I have decided on the Audio Nirvana Super 6.5 for the main woofer, It does'nt have great Q for open baffle but it is not to low to work. I will be adding some sort of high Q 8" woofer at the bottom to add some low end ummph!

The AN woofers I believe are 93-95db I think, So the t-amp20 will power them great and will be alot cheaper them a decent tube amp. I chose the Insignia bookshelfs as they were cheaper to buy then build my own. Plus I will have some half decent new car speakers! =] I will be building the OB's with my friend over a long span of time so I wanted to have the woofers broke In by the time the cabs came home!