Single driver full range speakers


Hi,
I am a simple home hobbiest. I've built an great sounding full range single speaker set (so no cross-over,, and that's the point. I don't want a x-over).
But of course it lacks terribly in bass. Is it possible (is it commonly done?) to add a woofer into the cabinet with no cross-over (again, simple straight wire to amp). Would it require wiring in parallel or series?

Currently each speaker has one TangBand W8-1808 full range 8" driver and sounds very good.

Thanks in advance, I really would like to know if this is possible (safe?) to do.
Rob

tunehead

@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.

Post removed 

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. 

“No One Person has been able to hear in use most of the Single Driver Speaker Designs that are in use” 

headphones? LOL 

Headphones, even though suggested as a Jest, the idea an individual has been able to experience all models since the 00's is a real challenge.

Speaker Types referenced in this thread have a History extending back to the 50's when they were in their Heyday.

I am able to listen to Tannoy Dual Concentrics from the 60's when a friend chooses to put them to use in place of their Quad 57's.  

 https://www.headphonezone.in/blogs/audiophile-101/evolution-of-headphones?srsltid=AfmBOoqgVb3So3SSwFaTUFXzbfTqF5opfNzu6Vm3TJJyxtAPf-TgcVvF