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Speakers with many drivers...

Over the years there have been quite a few high end (at least expensive) speakers with arrays of drivers. These were typically tweeters and small midranges.

I recall some from the old days of Polk, and more recently from McIntosh.

Could folks share with me their opinions of these.

I always wanted these as a kid, but never got to hear them. Now that I have the cash, I dont want to buy a lemon.

Thanks,

Ken
drken
speakez
8 posts
 
Talk with Rick Craig @ Selah Audio.
elevick
2,439 posts
 
There's gotta be a reason that Pipedreams are so much money...
dracule1
1,043 posts
 
I think the McIntosh speakers would be a nightmare to integrate properly . I haven't heard them but those who have that I know haven't been very kind to their sonics. In the past I owned the Mirage M1s that had six drivers per side, three in the front and three in the back making them bipolar. It had problem with woofer integration although is cast a huge soundstage with realistic imaging. I owned my share of big speakers but now I have found a properly designed two way are more coherent and realistic at the volume levels I listen to. Speakers with many drivers sound huge but imaging tend to suffer.
rrog
1,958 posts
 
The best sounding speaker I have owned with multiple drivers is the ESP Concert Grand. There is a nice pair of Concert Grands advertised on Audiogon. The original price was $40,000.
drseid
201 posts
 
I actually like the XRT-28s from McIntosh. I heard them in an extended session at a dealer in AZ a few years back driven by all McIntosh electronics. While it has been quite a while since I heard them, I still remember being in awe as to just how good they sounded that day. I know there are many haters out there (and I respect their opinions), but this is one fan who would love to get my hands on at least the XRT-28s. :-)

---Dave
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