Wide dispersion + high efficiency + detail + coherence in a speaker?


And coherence is the biggest point! I like the liveliness of single driver speakers but I am looking for something with coherence AND bass! High efficiency is important for liveliness, and wide dispersion for a huge sweet spot and instruments in the room presentation.

Any recommendations?
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No one  absolute champ perhaps  but lots of good options that strike good compromises case by case.   I guess thats why so many choices are out there .  I say go for them all. No rule that says you can only have one system. 
You won’t sacrifice detail and clarity with OHMS if set up right. You will hear it all. There will be so much going on you will just have to decide what to focus on at any particular time, similar to a good live performance. They also compete in coherency with anything. Hence the name Walsh "coherent line source" driver.   Lots of bass.  There are even step up models with built in integrated powered subs if needed.     Set up right, the whole line sounds similar so if your room is small or you do not need the ultimate bass smaller less expensive models will do. 
I should say coherency is in fact about the entire presentation,   timbre, soundstage imaging, the whole shebang.   OHM Walshs exceed at all that but as I described not in exactly the same way say as a good pair of monitors in terms of "pinpoint" imaging.   More coherent overall than mbl  but hard to match mbl in terms of sound stage depth and associated 3-D imaging possible there.
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As I recall the larger Walsh models are somewhat more efficient than the smaller ones, like the microwalsh, and overall they are not any harder to drive than most, perhaps easier. Not high efficiency like Klipsch though for example, for sure. OHM Walsh goes for extended bass in a smaller package so cannot be high efficiency.

Also, regarding coherency, I take that to mean clean integration of all frequencies for the listener. That is what OHM means when they talk about coherency with their Walsh CLS (Coherent Line Source) technology. Imaging and sound stage are different things. OHMS/omnis do those differently for sure, especially imaging. The imaging can be very focused when set up right or not so much otherwise.

Omnis and their ilk will probably never be as pin point focused as say a pair of very high quality monitors can be in practice.

The OHM Walshes go for a live like presentation in regards to sound stage and imaging, not a pinpoint one, which might occur in certain studio recording masters, but hardly ever live in real life or in live recordings.