You are either an Omni guy or not. We have heard pretty much every major omni, the MBL really are the best Omni on the market. WIth that being said most Omni's all suffer from the same problem they really don;'t work in real world envionrments.
An Omni is going to produce a gigantic swath of sound which bounces off all surfaces, this does create a giant yet unfocused sound.
Unless you can really tame all the room boundary effects or you love an oversized image which has no basis of reality then Omni's all the way.
It is interesting to note almost every single audio reviewer owns a direct radiating loudspeaker, why because they work in real world rooms and they produce life like well sized images. The only genre an Omni might be better would be orchestral music.
So Kdude you have to ask yourself what you value.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ
An Omni is going to produce a gigantic swath of sound which bounces off all surfaces, this does create a giant yet unfocused sound.
Unless you can really tame all the room boundary effects or you love an oversized image which has no basis of reality then Omni's all the way.
It is interesting to note almost every single audio reviewer owns a direct radiating loudspeaker, why because they work in real world rooms and they produce life like well sized images. The only genre an Omni might be better would be orchestral music.
So Kdude you have to ask yourself what you value.
Dave and Troy
Audio Doctor NJ