There's more than one way to skin a cat. Or there are many roads to Nirvana. Or whatever cliche you want to use. No one type of system has a "lock" on greatness, but they all do have their particular strengths and weaknesses, because nothing is perfect, and systems are different. The "art" to system assembly, is to understand the strengths and weaknesses of particular types or items, and combine them to minimize the weaknesses that you are sensitive to, and maximize the strengths that you desire. You cannot achieve total perfection in this, nobody does. But you can get close enough to make you very happy with your result. This takes time, study, listening, and effort to accomplish. I think that this is one of the more interesting aspects of our hobby, and am glad that it is difficult to do. It makes it more rewarding when you get it right. If it were very easy, it wouldn't be much of a hobby.
For what it's worth, I took the SET/ Lowther single-driver speaker route. For me, that was the right road. For others it may be different.
For what it's worth, I took the SET/ Lowther single-driver speaker route. For me, that was the right road. For others it may be different.