best diy or used somewhat small speaker 1200

PSB Stratus mini still ranks high in my books;can't argue with any of the above suggestions either.

Paul Speltz has designed an EXCEPTIONAL sounding loudspeaker that he is willing to share with anyone interested. His contact information is available on his web site www.zeroimpedance.com. A picture of his design is shown at http://www.otlamp.com/pix/ps/speaker.html.

The THOR loudspeaker mentioned above looks very interesting as well.

GR Research is my choice. I am the previous owner of both the PAradigm Ref 100v2's and the PSB Goldi's and I prefer the midrange and highend of the AV1+ bookshelf speaker. I also use a sub to fill out the bottom information crossed over at 60hz and below. I've written a review on this site and all you have to do is search for GR Research and it should come up. Also, go to Audio Asylum and do a search on GR Research and watch how many entries come up. They are also the most reviewed speaker over there as we speak.

Whatever choice you make,(and there are many)good luck and enjoy the music.

Seas Kits, i've heard all good. Madisound > catalogue > Seas > Excel > kits. Thor is very nice. BTW Seas is comming out with their new woofer, Excel W26-001, a 10 incher! She's georgeous! Now i don't have to get the Skaaning's. Seas.com > new. If you were thinking on adding a sub, no need to, this unit should be sufficient. What's unique to the Seas Excel's are the clean and smooth upper bass.

I ended up buying a used pair of Totem Tabus, just a hair under my budget. Looking forward to their arrival.