I get the theoretical appeal of a speaker using a wideband driver - theoretical coherency and all that.
But in practice, I don't really find speakers divide up that way in terms of coherence. I find plenty of 2, 3, 4-way speakers to be quite coherent.
For instance, a couple of Thiel models I own as as coherent in the mids/treble and down as any speaker of my acquaintance. I can come beck home from listening to tracks on my pal's electrostatic speaker and hear no loss of coherence through my speakers.
(And I went from Quad ESL 63s to Von Schweikert box speakers and heard virtually no loss in coherency).
But in practice, I don't really find speakers divide up that way in terms of coherence. I find plenty of 2, 3, 4-way speakers to be quite coherent.
For instance, a couple of Thiel models I own as as coherent in the mids/treble and down as any speaker of my acquaintance. I can come beck home from listening to tracks on my pal's electrostatic speaker and hear no loss of coherence through my speakers.
(And I went from Quad ESL 63s to Von Schweikert box speakers and heard virtually no loss in coherency).