Have you moved away from full range to standmount speakers + subs?

Well for my involvement in the denigration of this thread I apologize. The word shill used in regard to MC has been used many times by many members. I will point out the word "shill" has many different meanings to different people and the slang of this word was how it was intended. I never intended for it to be taken as a one hand washing the other scenario. If I believed this described the relationship between MC and the products he promotes ad nauseum I would have said this very thing. Never has my problem been with these manufacturers but with MC himself. I think that blkwrxgn has a pretty good handle on MC and the reason he does what he does on this forum. I should know better than to read and then respond. 

I drift between different configurations. I’ve got a large stock of full range and stand mounted and one massive combo pair where two sections are bolted together. They all have their strengths. For a video setup, in wall or stand mount with subs are more than adequate. I still do a lot of two channel listening. I like my big full range speakers for this. 

All a matter of taste and budget. 

QUESTION:   I have the Tekton Pendragons and love them....Why does Tekton push the 4 ohm option when ordering.. I would not buy them in 4 ohm...Mine are 8 ohm for easier amp matching...Is 4 ohm cheaper than 8 ohm to produce. Eric also make them in 2 ohm...Whats up with that....

QUESTION:  I have the Tekton Pendragons and love them....Why does Tekton push the 4 ohm option when ordering.. I would not buy them in 4 ohm...Mine are 8 ohm for easier amp matching...Is 4 ohm cheaper than 8 ohm to produce. Eric also make them in 2 ohm...Whats up with that....

Ask Eric, not here.  You'll get mostly negative reactions to the question.  I think one of the things that bother me the most about his speakers is the obvious notion that he wants to make a speaker for every single situation and type of stereo setup.  You can't truly master what you are doing by spreading yourself that thin.  Have 6-8 speakers that you have put your heart and soul into, not FOURTY (I just went to the site to count) different speakers/subwoofers. 

That isn't counting the variations of each of those speakers with different upgrades to tweeters, crossovers, ohm ratings. At times it seems like he's taken just a few designs and then said "screw it, let's add 10 more drivers to it and give it a new name".

I do like my DI's though, not gonna lie.

My experience has been that you have to give the room what it wants for best results. With bigger rooms that offer listening distances ~10 ft. or more from ear to tweeter, the best fit is usually full-range towers or designs of similar scale. In smaller rooms, with listening distances significantly under 10 ft., it's difficult to get proper integration of the drivers in a big multi-way loudspeaker, giving smaller speakers the advantage on integration…and some of that may translate to improved imaging. Perhaps, this is where the "myth" comes from…

Cabinet resonances are easier (less expensive) to tame in small speakers, so that can be a factor when comparing monitors and towers in the same line, especially at lower price-points. With proper attention, resonances can be adequately addressed regardless of speaker size.

I do think proper subwoofer integration is beneficial regardless of the main loudspeaker's bandwidth because the best placement for soundstage and imaging is rarely also the best place for low and sub bass wave launch. The ability to optimize these concerns independently is advantageous to achieving the best setup.

Personally, I had a pair of Legacy Audio FOCUS SE towers in a 19 x 21 ft room with a 10 ft ceiling. They worked very well there, but when I moved from the east to west coast (USA), I could not afford a listening room of that size. Cramming them into the new 15.5 x 10.1 ft room with 8 ft ceiling simply did not work, no matter what I did with room treatments. I could not get my ears far enough away from those six drivers for them to seamlessly integrate. Wonderful speakers, but they sounded like stadium speakers in my small room compared to a good 2-way monitor, like the Fritz Carrera 7 BE.

Again, lesson learned…give the room what it wants, and it will treat you right.