Complete newb

[idesa76]

Ok so this is my first post here and my situation is this: Had a house party on the weekend, had a DJ playin usin my old'ish' Pioneer 4-way speakers, and yes one of them won't work now (it was a good party!). So now I have this crazy idea I'd like to build my own set of floor standing speakers like a mate bought a few years ago (dunno what they are). Anyway where do I start? I've read a few threads here and I'm getting the drift that I have soooo much to learn that I might drop the idea but before I do that I'd like to learn some info I may never use in daily life but what the ha'! Bla bla...Can anyone reply with previous threads of similarity or give me some bits of info?

Cheers in advance

 

[tubesaregood]

This book is good to start out on - I'm reading it now to learn how to design crossovers. It's got a lot of basic information, but a lot of technical stuff, too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071348743/104-4820799-7750334?v=glance&n=283155

It doesn't have any floorstanding speaker projects, but the Loudspeaker Design Cookbook might have more interesting stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1882580478/sr=1-1/qid=1154643854/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-4820799-7750334?ie=UTF8&s=books

Chew on those for awhile and see if you're up to the challenge.