@mitch2 wrote:
Can speakers that are great at dynamics and drive also excel at detail and nuance?
Why wouldn't they? Or is it that when excelling at "dynamics and drive," certainly among a range of speakers that fare well here, there are aspects of the reproduction, such like detail and nuance, that would seem less prominent in the face of prowess in other areas? Honestly I've never really felt detail and nuance to be lacking in speakers that excelled at dynamics, at least not as a general observation, but that there's instead a typical shift in the distribution of the presentation as a whole; with dynamically capable speakers, larger horn-loaded iterations in particular, the overall sonic imprinting veers towards that of a higher "density" of reproduction overall, with - in many cases - a more outspoken richness or energy in the "power region" (i.e.: ~150-400Hz) in addition to a fuller and more physical reproduction from the central mids on up. Conversely quite a few if not most direct radiating and lower eff. speakers sound leaner (i.e.: less meat on the bones) by comparison, which subjectively tends to heighten the sensation of detail and "airiness." There's also a higher ratio of direct sound vs. reflected ditto sound from larger horns, that may lead to a less "reverberative" presentation and only add to the sensation of a "thicker" and more robust sound.