Describe the sound of point source loudspeakers?

The Tannoy Dual Concentric speaker system is stunning - period !.
From near field listening at whisper quiet levels to room filling in row g of a auditorium.

• The point source sound from the Tannoy DC design is used in recording studios and residential locations because it retains the accuracy of the spoken word regardless of listening distance. This is so important because most listening environments are not room/speaker friendly. 
• Finally take a Tannoy DC speaker system and listen to spoken word at WHISPER quiet level - listen for the articulation & coherence of the speaker, you are now listening to the speaker minus the cabinet and it sounds so correct, so undistorted. Now replicate that same test with the mass of line array speakers - by comparison they sound broken !.
• A 15" Cobalt Dual Concentric Tannoy speaker system mounted in a 200-300 litre bass reflex cabinet will play all styles of music with ease without fatigue. The Joe D’Appolito 2 & 2.5 way speaker design have wife acceptance factor and look pretty with there narrow baffle profile which is currently so fashionable but imo sounds thin & broken compared to the Tannoy DC

Cheers Johno

       

hi there tuberist : ) - is what you meant by 'point source' loudspeakers those that do not have multiple drivers that require crossovers internally and good geometries for their drivers externally, such that the sound waves from each driver arrives to your hearing in correct phase and timing? I'm not sure if I have used the precise terminology, so do excuse me if not.

in friendship, kevin

As in a speaker with a single driver that covers the entire frequency range?

Point source speakers have multiple drivers the closest I know of is the Kef UniQ driver but it only covers the mid and high frequencies with 2 drivers. I've never heard a FULL range single driver.