I would just add re: AN's kits...I recently spent a week living with a relative who is a bigger AN fan than RGA. He's built a few kits for people now, including their speakers. You can build the AN E's at a fraction of their price ($1000-1400) and acheive very, very close sound. Buy a $20 dollar book or two to learn some fundamentals, and it's not too hard to tweak these things to performance levels beyond retail versions. (it's amazing what $10 resistors and inductors will do). I'm actually considering this for a future project. I really love the cherry/mohagny look of the old school fat box!!!

DIY-ers with more experience than me even claim they can "clone" the AN E using SEAS and (Foster? help me RGA) drivers that the customs are based on for $400-$600 and acheive startling results, comparable to the AN E's. I don't doubt it. Though I've only heard the AN approved kits.

To me, these woudl be a "BEST BUY". $1200 to get close to the AN E is pretty good.