Blindfold Speaker testing

NEWS BREAK
Say my tech geek who has actually built the amps for 2 of his clients here in New Orleans,  designed for Field Coils,
Quote: **a FC does not do anything more than what a good Magnet (Neo) can do* 
OK no issue there. 
Of course the 2 FC's he has heard are not Vox.
OK so lets skip the FC for right now. 
Of course I have heard various cheap chinese *full Range*, and all beat out the Seas in  most areas. 
Trust me I don't need to acutally hear a  high quality FR/High Sens,. 
based on my 40 yrs exp , I know already what a speaker will sound like just by looking at the design, materials used, specs. 
I have zero doubt the finest mids in any speaker design in the world are those of AER and Voxativ. 
I have ~~40~~ years of knowledge and experience. 
Back in 1975 a friend and I gave thumbs up to the Electro Voice Alpha 1's  vs Macintosh massive 20++ speaker design. 
I've heard countless box designs. 
None have impressed me in mids like these cheap chinese junk , have. 
That said, they do have fatigue.
Which AER and Vox has none of. 
I've read the testimonies on both drivers. 
All agree these 2  labs have the highest fidelity in any speaker they have ever heard in their entire audiophile experience. 
Why would they lie? 
You folks are just resisting change, failing to embrace the new technology. 
Why the rejection?
I started the longest, at least one of the longest threads here on Agon, back in 2001ish, andNow some 20 yrs later I have found  the answer I've been looking for.
Full Range/High Sens, is EXACTLY the answer to my searching.
Clues here and there past months have paid off.
Spent hours and hours of reseach. 
And its paid off, ]
Big time.

I'm glad you like your FR speakers. That is what I used (Lowther) for 20 plus years in my system & enjoyed them very much. I moved on from them though. First to Tekton, then Wilson, & now B&W. That stated, speakers are just part of the system & I have no doubt you could make FR speakers sound better than "conventional speakers" IF you're using a low powered tube amplifier during your "blindfold test" for all the speakers being tested. That is after all what makes a FR speaker shine. If however you used a quality high end 300 WPC SS amplifier (or mono blocks) in your test, the Tekton, Wilson, or high end B&W speakers would excel. This doesn't mean your FR speakers are losers (they are not), just that the system was wrong for them. 

" Why the rejection?"
I’ll talk for myself. I have owned and heard some of the most reknowned wideband drivers ever built. I do agree they excel in the mids. but every wideband Ive ever had or heard, needed at the minimum a supertweeter for over 8khz and subs crossed quite high.
so while they are magic in the mids, they have no balls nor any super HF. Contrary to you, while I appreciate pure mids, not to the extent that ill accept to have the purest mids without enough bass.
just like in headphone world. the Raal sr-1 are widely known as the most transparent in the mids. yet people eventually move on cause they seriously lacks bass.

I cannot live with a pure wideband, I need a supertweeter and woofer or subs, turning that system effectively into a 3-way.

Some might be able to live with say a 8" wideband without any bass of HF support, but many cant. 

" You folks are just resisting change, failing to embrace the new technology."
wideband along horns are the opposite of new tech, they were the first speaker desings.

" Full Range/High Sens, is EXACTLY the answer to my searching."
glad your happy!
personally i found happiness in a diy hi-eff 3-way with 15’’ woofers

using a low powered tube amplifier during your "blindfold test" for all the speakers being tested. That is after all what makes a FR speaker shine

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Yes it may bea  issue **all things being equal** as you point out , high sens really shine best with SET's. 
So indeed , we will need 2 amplifications. 
For good or bad, I plan to pair the high sens with the Defy7. 
Not sure how thats going to work out til its all set up.
maybe not a  match made in heaven, they'll just have to learn to get along. 
I will keep all posted on the results. 
Folks  who live in my  area are welcomed to have a listen. Sometime in Sept should be up and running. 
If you care to, bring your speakers.

stevie wonder texts andrea bocelli - yo a-b... come over help me listen to a few sets of speakers...