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Well I reckon the Everest plan would make the most sense. Or what about Ucellos with a sub?
Three way, passive XO. I rest my case!
…err, you mean like the Acapellas? 
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All joking apart and looking at the space available I would stick with the system and speakers you have as it is already fantastic.
I would go up higher with a pitched roof and perhaps beams just because they look nice. I think this might help with sound quality. Only based on my sons room which has a pitched ceiling and and his modest system sounds really good I think the odd shape ceiling has something to do with that.
Sorry for trying to be sensible.
I accept my ban with honour
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Like I said earlier on in the thread, don’t think the Uccellos or Everests are going to be any upgrade over Jim’s present speakers, maybe the opposite. I think Jim’s got them sounding as good as they are going to and the suggestion of setting them up and listening for a good few months in the new environment is where I would start whilst swinging nutty ideas about until something feasible comes to light which may or may not happen.
I guess my speaker took a few years to set up and as it stands it does things that the Uccellos or Everest can’t remotely touch and left as is would continue to be a pleasure to live with…well, in terms of sound anyway.
If anyone wants to come and have a listen just shout.
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I listened to the Ucellos a lot.
At no time did I think they needed a Sub
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From a sizing perspective, I think something like the coco YL-era system or a pair of Air Partner-type speakers would fit the bill without going into the structural Twilight Zone.
Technologies, horn profiles and crossovers I will leave to brighter minds.
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Just buy the air scouts from Kevin and the RW24 horn loaded subs from me 
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End game system turns into a side step ‘compromise’ …
Several of the ‘helpful’ suggestions above stink of audio hari kari, to Japan Man
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Could always build the room and plonk the existing system down in it for a bit. It’ll probably sound quite nice.
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Mine!
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It must be catching this listening room thing.
Now Jack has moved out to live independently we are discussing rearranging the house. Jack’s room will become guest bedroom. Downstairs guest room to become dining room. Office/store room to become library / office / study. Best bit to come. 
You guessed it dining room to become listening room for a second system and I still get to keep a main system in living room.
Room is approx 3m x 3m x 2.6m high, not brilliant dimensions but I’ll make it work.
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what about digging out a basement under the whole house?
@Jim Dont listen to any of the cat coffin owning naysayers in this thread. Having had the experience of putting together, or should I say evolving a horn system over a period of time, I can tell you it will be SOOOO worthwhile. I am in well over my head and have had a lot of ups and downs but I would do it all over again tomorrow.
It is fucking ridiculous, a folly but I switch it all on sometimes after a break and sit there utterly transfixed by it. I think you have the funds tied up in your stuff to do something utterly fantastic. Seriously, commercial hifi is wank compared to what can be done diy. I couldn’t touch the sound for the money I’ve spent with stuff from a shop, let alone the fun I’ve had putting it all together. Take the journey on and go for it, you won’t regret it.
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Just to echo Ritchie’s thoughts, I took a while to make the plunge but there is a lot of water under the bridge with the horn systems that have come together over the years so yes, there has been faff etc but my thoughts were (and Pete’s also) that what Pete and I put together was really an evolution of his amazing YL speakers so an awful lot of knowledge,experience and listening had already been done. I would say to replicate what I did would be half that faff again. You know it gradually dilutes if you follow the shown path and I decided it was a good time. There are a few alterations like tilting the 12a back and finding a better position for the upper mid but really that’s it and am in no rush to make these alterations.
It also gave me the opportunity to make something very challenging in terms of the horns themselves which I wanted to do and in doing so learnt a bit there as well, I have tried lots of horns over the years but the EJMLC flares I have on upper mids are just so good, I would pip them against anything, just so clean and clear. The ones I have in the system at the moment are plywood 425hz but will pop these in soon enough, solid walnut/solid brass adapters at 540hz for S2 units, it’s your judgment but it might show that it’s quite possible to make things just as nicely as anything you might find at Munich, same goes my phono stage that Pete built, can’t see much touching that either.
I guess this is general talk and not really on thread but it’s shown the vast gap between “normal” speakers of a certain size and bigger horn set ups, your just in a totally different place.
Jim knows this, I sat with him at Ritchie’s one Xmas (still dream about that Gammon) and he knows what he’s hearing, just got to find a way of doing it which is why this thread is good. Was talking about this with Pete recently but really good to plan this out as carefully as possible then make the decision.
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I will be having a pair of these in time.
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