Omega single driver speakers

It's all going to depend on your personal preferences, the size of your room and your listening style.

16x40 is a pretty big room.  Unless you sit and listen nearfield, I'm not sure that a single driver speaker is your best option.  Even though you'll be 10-12 feet away, I'm just not sure what kind of overall volume you'll get as that big room will just absorb so much of the sound.  For me, the real strengths of single drivers aren't realized unless you are in an intimate setting.

Sonus Faber and Harbeth are kind of on the other side of the spectrum from the single driver sound.  I actually migrated from Harbeths to Omegas and yes, the Omegas (depending on the model) will sound thinner.  Interestingly enough, I'd kept my Harbeths for awhile while I had my Omegas.  Whenever I'd go from the Omegas to the Harbeths I had a hard time.  The Harbeths sounded really thick and slow and syrupy.  It'd take a day or two for my ears to adjust to the difference in sound and then they'd be okay.  Going from the Harbeths to the Omegas was much easier on my ears and my brain adjusted much faster.

If you had a chance to hear them...especially in your system...that'd be way more valuable than anything anyone can say.  I know I never would have fallen for single drivers unless I'd been able to extensively audition them as I'd never thought they would satisfy me.

I received lots of good advice on a thread I posted, "Tekton or Omega." I called Louis the designer to get the real dope and we spoke for a while. The single driver speakers are fast, transparent, and detailed.
I listen mainly to classical and he said for complex music one of his 2-driver speakers would be better. No crossover, just 2 drivers which can reproduce the same frequency spectrum more clearly and at higher SPL’s.
Nice guy, give him a call. He offers an in-home trial.

Thanks both for the feedback.

Would you charaterize Omega sound as forward or recessed (as if the singer/performer is behind the line of speakers)? 

fizz - first to answer your question: to my ears my Omegas sound very slightly forward in my 11 x 20 room.

In any case, I've owned a pair of Omega Hemptones since 2005 and listen to them daily.  They're hooked up to my PrimaLuna integrated, and source material is played thru a Rega P9/Ortofon Jubilee; PrimaLuna  Classic CD player; Nakamichi DR-10 cassette deck; and a small Grace internet tuner.

I absolutely love the speakers and have no desire to upgrade.  One slight caveat - don't know anything about the model you're considering, but the Hemptones sounded pretty poor for the first 50 hours, opened up nicely after about 100 hours, and absolutely sung after 200 hours. Louis O. advised me that this would be the case, so I gave the speakers the time needed to break in and have been happy ever since.

@fizz, although I haven’t heard them, Louis told me they are not a laid-back speaker. That’s why I didn’t give them a try. For classical, I want a presentation that puts me mid-way back in the concert hall.
They seem to be a forward sounding speaker with very good imaging. That’s all I can tell you.

This is what he recommended for classical...
https://omegaloudspeakers.com/collections/tower-speakers/products/super-3-high-output-xrs?variant=34...

This one for a large room with less complex music...
https://omegaloudspeakers.com/collections/tower-speakers/products/super-8xrs?variant=38555364748

If you look thru my thread about Omega, you'll find that people love the speakers.

Fizz, I would recommend the High Output Alnico,omega speakers , very good speakers,Call Louis, I own the RS8 and the 3i, 

There are advantages and disadvantages to coincident speakers - basically locating your tweeter in the middle of your bass driver.  It certainly isn't a new idea - Tannoy did it and called it 'dual-concentric' many years ago (1940s).

The only way you are going to find out if they suit you is to try them out in your room against an alternative.

Not about Omega particularly, but I think single-driver speakers are more about what you don't get.  You don't get amplifier clipping, crossover distortion and time smear and stuff like that.  I think it's something you either appreciate or you don't.  I have a pair of Fritz 4.5" Fostex speakers that I think are just great for what they do.  But I also think they work best with low-powered tube amps, but that's me.  You should definitely try a pair and see if they have what you like.  My speakers now are too big to move around, but when I had my monitors, I used to switch them up with the Fritz every once and a while and it was really fun.