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bottlehead.com + madisound.com

DIY will get you where you want. I don't like pushing brands and I'm sure they are other options but most people who have built Bottlehead gear are very satisfied.

I would build the Paramount amps ($1,300) in either the 300B or 2A3 version. This is their top of the line amp. They´re about to release a Magnequest iron upgrade(let's assume $700). Build their Foreplay preamp ($700 with all the upgrades). Build a pair of horns, Madisound has now the special edition Fostex Fe206-esr, fantastic drivers for the money, although a little bit on the labor intensive side to build the recommended cabinets ($500 for the drivers + $250 for wood). Finally a powered subwoofer for your slam, the top of the line one from parts express is about $700 in kit form. $300 for tools, soldering iron, multimeter, etc. This totals $3,750.

You could add a pair of Fostex supertweeters. There´s a special edition one also on Madisound that is supposed to be very good and match very well with the fe206esrs. They are somewhere around $350 each.

I doubt you can do much better with that amount of money or even with twice that.

xavier


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