tvyankee -
Dennis was right. I was building speakers.
As for "breathing room" requirements, Dennis pretty much answered that. The only other thing to keep in mind is that these speakers are only 11" deep. So given the same amount of breathing room, HT3's, for example, would come out into the room 4" more.
Other than that, the room will have a great impact on what you are able to do. Keeping the speakers away from corners will allow closer placement to the walls. The answer to your question is so room dependent, it is hard to provide an iron-clad response.
prpixel -
As Dennis indicated, we are building the cabinets. Our initial plans were to have the cabinets built off-shore. But I emailed the cabinet drawings about 2 months ago and was told I would have a reply within a week or so. After another email exchange and still no response, we decided to look into mass production techniques that would allow us to produce the cabinets at a reasonable cost (which for a speaker selling at this price is by no means easy). So, for now at least, we will continue to build them and refine mass-production skills. Who knows, perhaps we'll have to take on some investors and pick up a CNC router. Now that would be fun!
- Jim
