Why not horns?

My rear loaded horns (A'la Cain&cain IM Bens) are like headphones.... I call it listening thru a rose coloured magnifying glass!!!
For me, there is no turning back. Every single person who has come over to hear my modest system has asked me the same question: "how much would it cost me to build something like this?"
I think that when set up and tweaked properly, they are undeniably addictive.... downside: You can't help but notice EVERY single little change you make in your system, often to the detriment of the precariously balanced , ever fleeting synergy we all seek to establish, and of course, improve upon.

Well sizewise they ARE 6'1" tall!!!
But they have a modest footprint, 9"x21".
Lumber was $450, drivers were $150,
And I put about 100 hours into constructing them.
I'm using an almarro a205mkII with Bent Audio mods
(resistive ladder relay remote volume/balance control)
And tweaks (V caps, fuses, and so on)
A Lenco with DIY slate/cld plinth, various MC carts with SUTs
Bottlehead Eros phono , and a Modwright 999es platinum truth.
Everything was purchased used here on A'gon or sourced locally, except
The Eros.
A cheap, fun system, and at night I can plug my AKG 701's
Into that little Almarro and groove with no complaints from the better half!

Oh and speltz anticable speaker cables.
The TT , SUT jumpers and IC's are all incognito,
The other IC's and all powercords are DIY.
This system has evolved, after 6 amps, countless speakers,
And cd players, transports, DACs, and ancillaries this is it!
For now.

Macro, sounds like you've got a heck of a system there!!!
I'm considering swapping my f166's for something more.... esoteric.. alnico?
field coils?
Who knows.
Onward and upward!