It's all going to depend on your personal preferences, the size of your room and your listening style.
16x40 is a pretty big room. Unless you sit and listen nearfield, I'm not sure that a single driver speaker is your best option. Even though you'll be 10-12 feet away, I'm just not sure what kind of overall volume you'll get as that big room will just absorb so much of the sound. For me, the real strengths of single drivers aren't realized unless you are in an intimate setting.
Sonus Faber and Harbeth are kind of on the other side of the spectrum from the single driver sound. I actually migrated from Harbeths to Omegas and yes, the Omegas (depending on the model) will sound thinner. Interestingly enough, I'd kept my Harbeths for awhile while I had my Omegas. Whenever I'd go from the Omegas to the Harbeths I had a hard time. The Harbeths sounded really thick and slow and syrupy. It'd take a day or two for my ears to adjust to the difference in sound and then they'd be okay. Going from the Harbeths to the Omegas was much easier on my ears and my brain adjusted much faster.
If you had a chance to hear them...especially in your system...that'd be way more valuable than anything anyone can say. I know I never would have fallen for single drivers unless I'd been able to extensively audition them as I'd never thought they would satisfy me.
16x40 is a pretty big room. Unless you sit and listen nearfield, I'm not sure that a single driver speaker is your best option. Even though you'll be 10-12 feet away, I'm just not sure what kind of overall volume you'll get as that big room will just absorb so much of the sound. For me, the real strengths of single drivers aren't realized unless you are in an intimate setting.
Sonus Faber and Harbeth are kind of on the other side of the spectrum from the single driver sound. I actually migrated from Harbeths to Omegas and yes, the Omegas (depending on the model) will sound thinner. Interestingly enough, I'd kept my Harbeths for awhile while I had my Omegas. Whenever I'd go from the Omegas to the Harbeths I had a hard time. The Harbeths sounded really thick and slow and syrupy. It'd take a day or two for my ears to adjust to the difference in sound and then they'd be okay. Going from the Harbeths to the Omegas was much easier on my ears and my brain adjusted much faster.
If you had a chance to hear them...especially in your system...that'd be way more valuable than anything anyone can say. I know I never would have fallen for single drivers unless I'd been able to extensively audition them as I'd never thought they would satisfy me.