Sound from earbuds tends to sound very coherent and time aligned becuase the driver emulates a point source within the ear.
Whereas the geometry of how the sound from multiple driver speakers arrives finally at the ear varies greatly.
Some speaker designs like Thiel, Vandersteen, Ohm and others are designed to address these issues and deliver more coherent sound to the ears, others, even some fairly pricey choices, less so. Good ones might make up for that with other strengths.
Whereas the geometry of how the sound from multiple driver speakers arrives finally at the ear varies greatly.
Some speaker designs like Thiel, Vandersteen, Ohm and others are designed to address these issues and deliver more coherent sound to the ears, others, even some fairly pricey choices, less so. Good ones might make up for that with other strengths.

