Describe the sound of point source loudspeakers?


I have not heard any but I’m going to audition some in the near future. Can you provide any pointers or things I should be listening for? My current loudspeakers are von Schweikert db99se and they are definitely not point source. Thanks for your input.
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Hello @david_ten, my Loudspeakers Image very well in terms of proportion and coincidently are a Coaxial / Dynamic Drivers system type.
Note my above post should list Coaxial as same as Coincident - so as not to confuse an issue.
Many different system types ( loudspeaker ) image well - like one might expect ...
I think I would be more concerned with range of coverage ( audio band /
low end ) as a point of interest.
@tuberist, to reiterate - "  Tuberist, your Schweikerts are most definitely point source loudspeakers. " - @mijostyn's opening line ... do not underestimate the db99se as a well integrated Loudspeaker System!
While Coincident Drivers are referenced as an ideal ' Point Source ' design - challenges in implementation abound.
Don't shoot yourself in the foot by giving up 99 db Sensitivity.
A suggestion ... try a different integrated ... like VAC or Octave for example.
@tuberist, you are using the correct term ' Point Source ' as it relates to Audio / Sound Reproduction.
Specifically Coaxial / Coincident Drivers are only a variation on a theme
covering the Audio Spectrum with more than one ' limited range ' of a driver. 
KEF produces a range of different Coaxial Drivers for their products as an example of innovation from a manufacturer.
The ideal and the exercise of Loud Speaker Design is to produce a coherent ' Sound Field ' using a set ( Mains / L / R ) of Loudspeaker Systems that result in a detailed Stereo Image.
To answer the topic question directly ... the ' Sound ' would be very much like what you already have with the Von Schweikert Loudspeaker System.
In other words you would have go a long way to improve the ' effect ' that you already have with db99se IMO.
I did not want my response to sound flippant.