anyway, i just finished a DIYTube ST-35. so far i love it....
i'm looking around for sensitive, low-power speaker options. i'm not looking for DJ-style, raver-party volume, or home theatre T-rex-rumbling-thru-forest-bruce-willis-explosion-ooh-ahh crap- i will use this amp for room listening to music, at low to moderate volumes....i wouldn't mind a bit more bass response then i've seen in "bookshelf" style setups, to date. placement is flexible; i can hang em, shelve em, or have big floor monkey coffins if need be.
mostly i listen to older, more "organic" music, like roots('50s) country, rock, and pop; pre-Kenny G jazz, etc....so, aside from the dynaco 25s or whatever they are called, anyone want to chime in?
i am starting to lean towards making my own, only because i have yet to hear about large floor standing cabinets, with waist to chest-level tweeters, that are also low-powered and sensitive. i guess a subwoofer is out with the st-35(but i was wondering, can't you drive two 8 ohm satellites, and then twist together the two 16 ohm leads and use them to drive a "sub" center cube, while sharing the ground with the two 8 ohmers? what would that translate to in total impedance?)
i may soon be able to pirate some speakers out of a '62 Saba console hi-fi; i think it has those oblong 6x9-styled speakers in it.
i'm also on the verge of bidding on an eBay auction that happens to be nearby, on some '50s/early '60s Telefunken/Heco? small-floorstanders, on legs.
i guess my biggest overall question is: can you get reasonable musical bass, at low and moderate listening levels, from speakers that are both 1)small(5" or less) and 2) not in contact with the floor? i do realize the ST-35 is not a deep bass machine, nor do i require one; i just want to optimize for it.
once i answer this, then i will be able to focus on the next step(s). i like the subwoof-with-bookshelf concept but i guess its out with the st-35. so: bookshelf or floorstanding?