Trade offs and compromises, All components have weaknesses and strengths.
This is a given.
I've looked over SET's, I have no interest.
I've looked over box/xover/traditional design speakers,
I have no interest.
Both components have flaws,,, which will not meet my personal listening experience goals.
Likewise,
PP and wide range/high sensitivity drivers, might have flaws which others will not accept compromises.
w/o having access to dealers shops which provide listening/testing pre purchase, we are required to do our homework, research.
Lets imagine Seas came out with drivers that matched Exel performance but with a sensitivity at 93db. WEll then sure now this <<magical future driver> conventional/traditional/xover box design would be the ideal match for the PP amp.
There might be a 92+ sensitivity xover design out there somewhere, I just have not found it and have no interest in looking.
Going wide band driver/Horn with my PP amp, any compromises/weaknesses will just have to be accepted.
there is no such thing as the perfect speaker.
We this, we try that. Hopefully we do not try too many , as it can and will cause issues in ones finances and thus relationships.
Others may hate a wide band high sens driver paired witha PP amp,
We are all free to pick and chose as we wish.
Some may even go so far as loving the sound of their 2 watt SET amp paired with the Magnepan 30.7 4 panel Electrostat.
To each his own.