That seamless soiund is exactly why I prefer full range electrostatic speakers. As used in my system, with the exception of subwoofers working only from 85Hz down, my speakers (ESL's) are full range crossover free transducers.

Nice thread!

I see people going simple and getting away from the over complicated setups. The listeners I talk to say the simple systems reveal more of the recordings harmonics and balance. Sounds like your friend may have a system that the music plays, instead of a system that plays the music. I personally I'm not crazy about listening to equipment, especially when it won't get out of the way and let the music through. The tide is turning back to simple, thank God. I almost had to take up golf.

michael green

MGA/RoomTune

Interesting thread. Makes sesne. I've read a few things from the speaker manufactrues and multi-drive speakers can get complicated with driver placement, interference between the drive units, crossovers. and as you scale up size the distance between the drivers/ground can also have an effect on the final sound. For all these reasons I'm not supprised a single driver speaker sounds great as it elimantes a lot of the above (especially in the mids).

For $599, you can buy a pair of Magnepan MMG speakers.

Putting them with a high-quality integrated amplifier will give you some very good sound; perhaps what you are looking for.

If you don't care much about low bass and just want a nice pure sound, they are very very good.