Yes, I have had some of them, SOTA ones...and compared to better Magnepans, Martin-Logans and even old Thiels and others...in the end result they sounded like little two way boxes on a stand. Is this "The King Has No Clothes" ....?
So you don't even like the LS3/5A's? Those have been my go-to small speakers for 40+ years! And for contrasts I have KLH Nine ESL's, plus two pairs of Quad 57's.
I believe 2-way boxes on a stand can play very well as do other speaker designs. That is why many who contribute on this forum own other types. Currently I do not.
A two way box on a stand can, like all catagories of speakers, can be great or not so hot... Just like the Golf GTI was a great car in it's catagory, was it a Porsche, Lotus or a Ferrari...well it wasn't trying to be. A great dark beer from Capital Brewery or Anchor Steam are great beers, are they Dominus or Lafite...well no....but they are still great beer.
I give you the harbeth p3ser and the wharfedale diamond 225’s both great standmount 2-ways in their own right. Me, I now own Tannoy legacy "standmount" 2-ways (concentric drivers) and to call them standmounters is a stretch...they might as well be floorstanders as they are behemoths!
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