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Single driver point source speakers vs. the world?

Okay, I've been a 'stat guy the majority of my audio life.

Recently I acquired a humble speaker that has me rethinking my entire approach to audio, i.e., big power amp requirements driving mass amounts of current to 'stats.

The speaker I'm referring to is the Cain & Cain Abby. 8 watts of 300b SET amplification into these speakers is as good as I've heard. No, they don't do bass but they excel at everything else. So the ? for those with point source design experience is does the lack of a crossover in designs equate to these types of results in other point source or single driver designs?
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weseixas
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Wow!

Now If only i had kept my 12 inch coaxial Richard Allen's back in 1976 instead of going backwards and replacing them with a lower distortion higher output multi-driver speaker system ...

What was i thinking .............. :)
weseixas
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Weakness...

High THD, high coloration, limited bandwidth, limited SPL, limited musical repertoire..

Does have a good mix with SET's and being full range favors the middle bandwidth over the other. Agree about the chip amp a few friends with Cain & Cain's uses them 2.

One would have to have pretty poor panel speakers IMO for a small single driver speaker being driven with 8 watts to be an improvement.....
weseixas
519 posts
 
Everything is about price vs Performance and maybe at the prices one can purchase a single driver loudspeaker system today, makes them a good buy.

That in itself is not an endorsement of single driver topology, unfortunately it is a sad reminder of how much current day speaker manufacturers are failing ......

Regards,
weseixas
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JohnK,

Sorry to hear about your disorder, best of luck and get well soon ...

Regards,
weseixas
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Texas42,

You did get "it" some of us are just less tolerant to high distortion speakers with that certain "sound".

Hi-fi being hi-fi every individual has a version of what sounds good to them. Subjectively there can be no right or wrong, you like what you like.......

The science ... dats another story..

regards,
weseixas
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Ballan,

The Omega Speakers have many models, is there one in particular you want to discuss?

regards,
weseixas
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I do agree with you about his lineup, very extensive and covers the genre very well. It does seem surprising Omega was not mentioned before.....

regards..
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