Thanks for the info Shives & mlundy57, I'm pretty new to higher end audio. I'll try to pay attention for the changes in sound as I run them. As you say, the bass seems kinda thin but not terrible. I won't be posting pics of these as they are just the absolute base model finished, (or un-finished!), in MDF! They came out quite nice but I'm not sure how I want to finish them.
My plan is to break 'em in and get real familiar with the sound and then put in all the upgrades and compare. If I'm impressed, (I'm guessing I probably will be) I would like to build a pair of NX-Otica's with all the bells and whistles. If I can afford it, that is!
Until then I will play these a lot and Listen for changes, compare them to to other speakers I own, now that I have a ball park idea of how long to break them in. Thanks again for the help!