There is one company that I think deserves mention here:
Induction Dynamics.
I've only heard their two way speakers. They use a 4th order "brick wall" crossover in their speakers. My (admittedly limited) experience with other higher order crossover speakers had been that, to me, they didn't have the same expansive soundstaging as did well-executed first order designs.
The Induction Dynamics speakers (remember--I only heard the 2-ways) were a striking exception to this trend. I was shocked at how expansive and 3D their soundstage was. Tonality was excellent also. As I recall, the drivers were said to be "inductively coupled" or something like that. In any case, this inductive coupling seemed to compensate for any "problems" (timing artifacts?) that may have introduced by using such a high (4th) order crossover.
Induction Dynamics.
I've only heard their two way speakers. They use a 4th order "brick wall" crossover in their speakers. My (admittedly limited) experience with other higher order crossover speakers had been that, to me, they didn't have the same expansive soundstaging as did well-executed first order designs.
The Induction Dynamics speakers (remember--I only heard the 2-ways) were a striking exception to this trend. I was shocked at how expansive and 3D their soundstage was. Tonality was excellent also. As I recall, the drivers were said to be "inductively coupled" or something like that. In any case, this inductive coupling seemed to compensate for any "problems" (timing artifacts?) that may have introduced by using such a high (4th) order crossover.