It is my ultimate goal in my pursuit of DIY hi-fi (a dream so to speak) is that all people would listen to more of good music and on good equipment. I hope everyone could afford to go to the shop and buy an all BAT or all Audionote setup. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Most people can only dream about it. And most of them don't have the skills, tools and courage to build their own.
So I am hoping that one day I will be able to design an amp and speakers which are affordable and of very high quality. The volks-wagen of hi-fi.
By affordable in my book I mean that amp and speakers should together cost circa 2000 USD. These speakers matched with ARG P-P triode amp match this criteria, not counting the time and labour cost of course.

The closest I can get to this target concerning speakers is the Project 11. It is a variation of Project 7, being more simple to build and significantly smaller/lighter.  The cost is the same, so the size of boxes is the main factor to decide for you.

The footprint of these full-range speakers is equal to A4 sheet of paper.
It took me 20 minutes to draw the boxes, and a professional carpenter made them in one day. 30 mm MDF was glued and veneered with mahogany for a total cost of 250 USD.
I bought a set of Scanspeak drivers which seemed to be the best value for the money for this particular project. For additional cost savings, I believe that Vifa 21 cm bass could be used.
See it for yourself: In my opinion, this sepeaker sounds fantastic. in a 20-30 sqm room in my opinion you can detect no limitations of any kind concerning the sound - it is as good as it gets. A comparison to 2000-4000 USD commercial speakers (however unfair)  makes the P-11 a very clear winner by KO in first round.
The total budget  was 1500 USD.

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These speakers were driven by 25 WPC  p-p tube amp with great clarity, speed and authority. Very rythmical sound. Bass is deep, punchy, with tons of meat.

Uncle Ted on the side of the house again. The veneer is mahogany. The box ismade of  a 30 mm MDF. Overall front baffle height is 130 cm. Width 27 cm. Box depth 35. Box height 103. Internal volume is 30 liters per driver. Q is around 0,6.

The back of the mid is of course open. I am really addicted to the open midrange. The soundstage is so good, it draws you into the very natural presentation of the spatial information. After this experience, there is really no going back to sealed midrange. I used the LAST pair of those fantastic magical drivers (now discontinued) available in Poland. Shame on Scanspeak! There is no provision for bi-wiring.

This is interesting driver. Linkwitz uses it as a midrange in Beethovens. On paper it has all parameters of a real bass driver. It has soft and compliant suspension and VERY soft cone. Nothing like the ultra-stiff 8565 for example. Anyway, it sounds very good. I decided not to flush mount all bass and midrange drivers - it looks more "macho".