I am driving it with an Outlaw audio monoblock. It is rated at 200 watts/channel. My front mains are Innersound Eros drived by an Innersound amplifier. My previous center was a pair of stacked Magnepan cc1's. They were great sounding, but just were not dynamic enough for my taste. I listen and watch a lot of concert videos as music is my first love.
As far as the build goes, Jed is extremely helpful. Whenever I had a question, I emailed him and he responded quickly and courteously. Because the 4cc is so capable, it is more room sensitve than a typical mini-center that is made to sit on top of most televisions. It is actually a main channel speaker that is oriented to be a center-channel. I had difficulty originally getting it to sound right in my room. I thought it was too warm for my taste. Jed recommended plugging the ports which ended up working great for me. This reduces the extension to about 80 hz, but it ended up mating well in my system. As a sidenote, the Magnepans tend to be lean sounding as they had limited extension (160 hz I believe), so this was probably more of my bias due to the fact that I listened to them for years and I was after the same type of sound with more output capability, which I now have.
Back to the build, when you purchase a kit, Jed sends you pdf files of the cabinet construction and a diagram of the crossover. You will have to solder the speaker wires on a few locations of the crossover, but it is straightforward. Before I mounted the crossover, I snapped a photo and emailed it to Jed and he gave me his approval. The box itself requires a full sheet of mdf, so it is quite heavy when it is completely assembled. I completed the box in my basement, carrried it 2 flights of stairs to my listening room and then mounted the drivers once I got it in place. Much easier for this old man. I think the easiest way to build the speaker is to make a list of the panels you need to make. I would make the top panel slightly oversized and then use a flush trim router bit to finish it. This gives you a nice clean result which will make things easier when you finish the box. Mine is located in a light controlled black room, so finishing was not that critical. Mine is simply painted black. When building the box, it is simply glued, so you will need quite a few clamps. There are four braces to build for the box, and everything is really easy to do. If you go to Jed's website, he has a build thread with pictures. Also, I would read any of the related forums which will answer a lot of questions. You can also pm me if you would like, or ask here and I will do my best to help.
