I had a few days off last week and spent a good deal of time towards building myself some new stands, and finally starting the AR.com DIY's. I'm just about done, the cabinets take alot longer to make than you'd think, but the nice veneer I've got picked out should be worth it. My first dry run of the speakers yielded some very pleasing results...I haven't done a head-to-head with my Paradigm Studio 40's or 20's yet, but I can tell this it's going to be very interesting when I do...but that's for later.

Anyway, I'm already a few steps ahead of myself and I'm anticipating building a few more of these and incorporating them into a home theater setup.

I've read all the posts here, and I understand Solen in Canada offers shielded Peerless drivers equivalent to the ones called for in the Ar.com design...has anybody actually used those in this design? How'd it go?

Also, I understand that MCH and a few others here have tried making a center channel speaker...Anybody else have any ideas how to go about doing this?

If not, how does the BIC America center channel sound beside these? I'd like to have a perfect match to go with the AR.com's. I haven't heard it, but I'm a bit skeptical that this little speaker is going to sound as nice as the AR.com DIY's. Especially at the price you can have it for...if it does, why would anyone bother with the AR.com DIY's and just use a few BIC America speakers with Ed's crossover mod?
Perhaps you can all understand my apprehension about replacing a $600 center speaker with a $200 (or less) dollar speaker. I'm not so naive to think price is the determining factor, but I know of nobody in my area that carries BIC America speakers and I haven't heard them for myself. I certainly wouldn't want to sacrifice any sound, especially if the AR.com DIY's replace my $800 Paradigm's as I suspect they might.

BTW, I've also got Wayne J's PeeCreek speaker on the go, I'm a bit more doubtful of the tweeter used in that design, but I can't wait to do a 3 way comparison of Ed's, Wayne's, and Paradigm's speakers.