Single way or multiway


The founder and builder of the highly respected high-end speaker company Gauder AkustikDr. Gauder, says that using a full-range driver is very bad. He uses 3- to 4-way speakers with extremely complex 10th-order crossovers consisting of 58–60 components.

In contrast, some other well-known and equally respected speaker companies — such as Voxativ, Zu, Cube Audio, and Totem — use crossoverless designs.

Who is right, and who is wrong?

bache

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@bache 

The whole point of the Tang Band 8" is to use them as full range speakers.  They do measure with an up tilt in frequency response so probably best listened to flat against the wall instead of toed in. 

Still, we all hear differently. 

I think putting this on the scale of right and wrong may not be productive. 

I encourage audiophiles to experiment on the cheap!  Madisound has a number of single "full range" drivers and kits for sale.  Rather than try to come to a definitive universal answer, build some of these kits and see how much fun they are. :)