Multich stereo w/ combo electrostats & reg cones?


I love doing 11.2 multichannel stereo w/ my current system. I am using Infinity Kappa8 & Kappa7 for Front/Wide, Kappa6 for Sides, Kappa5 for Rear, small Kef's for Height, Kef Center & SVS PC13-Ultras for subs. I run an Onkyo TX-NR3010 to drive some speakers & NAD T975 to drive others. It sounds pretty good but I have been thinking about trying to change out my Fronts w/ a set Martin Logan's. Have any of you guys done something similar (mixing electrostats & cone speakers)? I am worried that the difference in presence/imaging would sound weird. Then again, maybe it would sound great?? Should I stick w/ just one technology? Should I plan a long-term conversion to all electrostats? I'd love some advice from those may have already gone through this :)
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I use all Quad ESL's of the same generation. This provides a coherent sound, in which a 32Hz C clearly differs from a 36Hz B.

Not much bass below 30Hz, but everything above that is sublime, and that's 99% of the music. I suggest that you try it sometime - put a 12dB filter at 30Hz in front of a sub, disconnect the rest, and listen to the complete absence of signal, except for the occasional undifferentiated thump.

Every sub I have tried adds far more mud than signal, although I have hopes that, eventually, I can make my isobaric magnepans work out.