Starting with 2.0 or 2.1 is definitely a fine way to approach things - especially considering those towers as intended as sort of a middle ground between the $1600 Salk Songtowers and the $4000 Salk HT2-TLs, they're definitely going to impress you if that's what you go with. If I did go with that, I'd make a center and surrounds using the same drivers for uniformity's sake - especially for the center moreso than the surrounds.
For drivers, this aussie website has the ribbon tweeter in the design:
http://www.essentialaudio.com.au/index1.html
you'd still have to import the ER18 woofer though I think
For a possible feeler of what the bass on those DIY Towers should sound close to, I'd hit up this place and audition some of their towers:
http://www.neotec.com.au/pmc.htm and maybe take a gander at the prices for them since i'm not sure.
For other options if I was buying a pair of floorstanders with your budget and constraints, i'd probably keep myself around $1000USD or lower for towers, - going with either the EMP e55tis, the Aperion 5Ts, The Axiom M60s, and their respective matching centers.
a few other things
-5.1 movies are mixed with the just slightly behind you side speakers as the surrounds, not the rears. Rears are the extra speakers in 7.1 Only in European SACD recordings are 5.1 surrounds meant to be behind you.
-Rythmik makes some great subs, and sell DIY kits if you can't ship the whole box economically.
-whoa you weren't kidding about aussie markup. the sr5004 was 1400 dollars.. ridiculous
-These things make nice sub drivers as well:
http://www.affordabledrivers.com.au...Path=3&zenid=ea8a22fa60411da3686385d73e047d5f
For drivers, this aussie website has the ribbon tweeter in the design:
http://www.essentialaudio.com.au/index1.html
you'd still have to import the ER18 woofer though I think
For a possible feeler of what the bass on those DIY Towers should sound close to, I'd hit up this place and audition some of their towers:
http://www.neotec.com.au/pmc.htm and maybe take a gander at the prices for them since i'm not sure.
For other options if I was buying a pair of floorstanders with your budget and constraints, i'd probably keep myself around $1000USD or lower for towers, - going with either the EMP e55tis, the Aperion 5Ts, The Axiom M60s, and their respective matching centers.
a few other things
-5.1 movies are mixed with the just slightly behind you side speakers as the surrounds, not the rears. Rears are the extra speakers in 7.1 Only in European SACD recordings are 5.1 surrounds meant to be behind you.
-Rythmik makes some great subs, and sell DIY kits if you can't ship the whole box economically.
-whoa you weren't kidding about aussie markup. the sr5004 was 1400 dollars.. ridiculous
-These things make nice sub drivers as well:
http://www.affordabledrivers.com.au...Path=3&zenid=ea8a22fa60411da3686385d73e047d5f
