A good tweeter can give you the same immediacy as an electrostat but there is no real substitute for the type of sound that an electrostat produces. A ribbon tweeter or a magnetic planar speaker could give some of the same magic I guess.
Electrostat transparency from conventional speaker
What should be kept in mind when attempting to achieve the transparent sound quality of an electrostatic speaker from a conventional boxed speaker? Is this more electronics or speaker? Or is it really a combination of the both?
In your opinion, how much does placement or acoustics factor into this?
In your opinion, how much does placement or acoustics factor into this?