One of my good friends approached me about a year ago and mentioned that he was looking for a set of studio monitors, and wanted me to consider building a set for him. I got to thinking about what driver combo's I'd like to use and what the objectives of the project would be. Obviously there were some size requirements, so they couldn't stand 5' tall like my other speakers. Also, unlike my other speakers (Matts Traps here in the project showcase.which I dearly love the sound of but are anything but flat), they needed to be as flat as possible when it came to frequency response, and also be listenable from about 1 meter away (nearfield). I wanted the efficiency around 90db, and overall super accurate sound. Since these were most likely going to also need some custom amps, I wasn't worried about any low impedence dips.