Single driver full range speakers


Hi,
I am a simple home hobbiest. I've built an great sounding full range single speaker set (so no cross-over,, and that's the point. I don't want a x-over).
But of course it lacks terribly in bass. Is it possible (is it commonly done?) to add a woofer into the cabinet with no cross-over (again, simple straight wire to amp). Would it require wiring in parallel or series?

Currently each speaker has one TangBand W8-1808 full range 8" driver and sounds very good.

Thanks in advance, I really would like to know if this is possible (safe?) to do.
Rob

tunehead

@ronboco 

I would say there is zero chance a single driver speaker can out perform a quality 3 way. See @atmasphere post above. 

If you're ever in the Dallas area, you're welcome to drop by. After owning Joseph Audio, Sonus Faber, large Harbeths, Focals, Magnepans, Bowers and Wilkins, and many other 2-way and 3-way speakers, all I can say is that my German Physiks Unicorn II outperform all of them in pretty much all departments, including bass. I sold my subs after getting these. Never say never :)

 

@arafiq 

Those are certainly are interesting looking and I would like to hear them but it looks like they would still need subs only going down to 40 hz 

@ronboco I'm not sure I would say "zero chance", because a) folks who exclusively listen to acoustic music at sensible volumes may be well served by single-drivers, and b) as @arafiq says, some single-drivers are said to outperform 3-way speakers. Lowther and Voxativ also come to mind, though tbh I've never auditioned either of them. 

I think my 4-way, 7-driver speakers and 800wpc-into-2-ohm amps are a better match for my disreputable musical tastes and unsafe SPL choices, but all the same I'd love to audition a really good low-watt, single-driver combo.

@devinplombier 

My tastes in music are quite wide as well and I definitely feel a single driver wouldn’t work for me. Very curious what 4 way 7 driver speakers you have. My amp will hit 750 wpc at 2ohms.