Single driver full range speakers

@pindac 

Totally agree. Thank you. What I am hearing in my test with single drive is really good. So good it triggered me to go up the ladder to a better more expensive driver, and it did get better. Single driver may not be for everyone, it does have its short comings, but what it does do sounds really wide and alive (to me). It just lacks in the lower regions, and that is to be expected. That is my, in home, listening experience.

@boomerbillone  
I may contact you, maybe a simple schematic? I’m not very electronics savvy (that’s why I initially wanted to try a single crossover-less speaker,, blame the covid lockdown resllesnes LOL). What you subjected is exactly the info/advice I was looking for.... and thank you all for your insite. It has been very enlightening and entertaining.

@pindac 

Sorry. Guess I glossed over that one. My bad. 

@pindac  I couldn't agree with you more. I also chuckled when I read the assertion that "most of them [single driver speakers] don't sound very good once the listener gets past the honeymoon phase." It's amusing how audiophiles love to make such dogmatic statements without any firsthand experience with the subject at hand.

I have gone through my fair share of speakers at various price points, design and topologies, brands, etc. in the last 20 or so years. Every speaker I owned had strengths and weaknesses. There is no one speaker out there that is optimized for everything. All design choices have tradeoffs. I have now owned German Physiks Unicorn II speakers for over 6 months. These are single driver and omni-directional and are just about the best speakers I've owned ... ever. There is absolutely no lack of dynamics, soundstage, treble, bass reproduction, and transparency. I sold my pair of REL S/510 and, then later, another pair of Wilson Benesch Torus subwoofers. The bass produced by my speakers is more than enough to compensate for a lack of subs. This should tell you something!

Another aspect of single driver speakers is how your ears get attuned to a lack of crossover. There is a continuity and flow in the music that one can only appreciate after living with a single driver speaker for some time. It's as close to the real thing as it gets. 

I hope people can move on from the misinformation regarding single driver speakers and try to own one and live with them before peddling generalizations.

Listening to single driver speakers at audio shows in recent years, the most memorable experiences have been Songer Audio and HHR Exotic.  Not sure of the current status of HHR, but Dale's all-out interpretation of a Walsh driver is a high mark.