Consider building a well engineered kit. The SEAS Thor kit, which sells at about $1800 for the drivers, is very similar to the Joseph Audio PERSPECTIVE2 Graphene, which sells for $13,000.
http://www.josephaudio.com/perspective
That $1800 only gets you the drivers and crossover. You'll spend another $300 to $500 on materials and such. The hardest part of building any loudspeaker is making it look good. Veneer work takes some doing. On my first projects, I finished them in Formica, which comes in thousands of finishes.
Some like to paint their enclosures and that's a reasonable option. One guy I know took his enclosures to an auto body paint shop and got an incredible finish, but that costs a bit.
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/mtm-speaker-kits/new-thor-kit-pair/
http://www.josephaudio.com/perspective
That $1800 only gets you the drivers and crossover. You'll spend another $300 to $500 on materials and such. The hardest part of building any loudspeaker is making it look good. Veneer work takes some doing. On my first projects, I finished them in Formica, which comes in thousands of finishes.
Some like to paint their enclosures and that's a reasonable option. One guy I know took his enclosures to an auto body paint shop and got an incredible finish, but that costs a bit.
https://www.madisoundspeakerstore.com/mtm-speaker-kits/new-thor-kit-pair/