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There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area

After listening to quite a few speakers, my conclusion is that if you want large enveloping soundstage, you need a lot of drivers.  

I once had a speaker with two 12in. drivers and the soundstage is just floating in the air.  None of my other speakers could do that.

Currently I have a pair of Thiel CS2.4.  It is a very good speaker but with small drivers there is really limitation to what it can do in term of soundstage size.  I really miss that.

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There are a lot of variables in play, very few absolutes, and pros and cons with every choice.  Freedriver touched on the fact that larger drivers become directional at frequencies that are larger than the surface diameter.  

Implementation, setup, the listening space, phase coherency all play a large role in the outcome.

 

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