Hi I am seriously looking into a set of the AR.com speakers. They seem to get amazing reviews. After looking at the design for a while, I have two things I would like to try/change if they sound good to people here and Ed Frias.

1. Why not round over(1/2" round?) the edges on the front of the cabinet to reduce the edge diffraction?

2. I would also eventually like to make these speakers active, for a few reasons. 1. it would make the speakers probably about 3db more efficient. 2. directly coupling an amplifier to a speaker is much better than running the amp through a crossover(mainly the inductors and large capacitors). 3. the crossovers in an active crossover are smaller and can be matched to each other with a lower degree of error.

Any opinions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.