Time coherence - how important and what speakers?

Roy,
Whats up with the Green Mountain Audio website???

Roy,
I am not exactly sure if my question is related to this thread (but it might if the answer has something to do with crossover topology :) but I would be interested to hear your reply nonetheless. You touched on the fact that your speakers can be cranked at loud levels, which is nice from my vantage point. However, what makes a speaker good at low volumes? Very few speakers IMHO sound good at low levels.

Roy,
I have read the entire thread again (whew), and I have a few questions:

1) the detractors of time coherent designs almost always mention: dispersion characteristics, smoothness of power response, distortion,wave interference, off-axis lobing, and compression. I think you touched on wave interference and off axis lobing, how about the rest? Can a 1st order crossover based speaker be good in these areas or are they mutually exclusive? Can a 1st order crossover based speaker compete with the best 4th order based speakers in these parameters?

2) someone in this thread mentioned that crossovers, 1st order and others, can be implemented in series or parallel. Can you talk a bit about the pro's and con's of either implementation in a 1st order crossover?

Thanks. This is one of the best threads on the Gon! My audio wish, lol, would involve getting other knowledgeable people like yourself involved in this thread. Here is my dream team, in no particular order:

1) Roger Sanders
2) Richard Vandersteen and/or Pat McGinty
3) Alvert Von Schweikert
4) Joe D'Appolito or Floyd Toole

Now THAT would be a discussion. Who can make this happen? Maybe we can collectively e-mail these individuals to encourage a dialog to help eductate the supporters of this wonderful hobby???? I would pay to see/read it :)