Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ?


I don't mean electrostatic. How close to a full range speaker can you come with single driver ?
inna
I have a set of Markaudio Alpair 12P set in a "pencil style" cabinet with appropriate internal organs and ports of 1" B grade Baltic birch on 3 sides.  The front baffle is 1 that's right 1 solid piece" of 1 !/2" of FAS bookend bird's eye maple.  Near field they are fantastic.  They are not for everyone, more of an extra to your systems.  The speakers are extremely complex, fragile, difficult to make, it's pretty neat to read how they are made.
Absolutely not. Why would you even consider? There’s a really good reason that the large majority of audiphiles buy speakers with more than one driver. It’s not dumb luck or brainwashing. It’s that multidriver speakers sound better. I know there’s a few guys that speak about a single driver that’s “full spectrum” in the hearing wavelengths that make listening to music so enjoyable. Well maybe their ears are satisfied with a single driver, but at almost 70 y/o, a musician, and a man with numerous friends in the music industry, mine are not and neither are theirs.
Personally, I am not willing to compromise. Everything that has been mentioned in this thread that I have heard has been hopelessly colored.
Some people like the sound of these speakers. So I suppose what colored loudspeaker you like is a matter of taste. 
The only type of loudspeaker that can approach full range performance and avoid coloration is an ESL which the OP did not want to hear about.
Sorry. Just the way it is. Dynamic drivers are flawed in so many ways it is remarkable that some systems can sound as good as they do. Full Range? This is an illusion.  
My experience with Omega loudspeakers was not good. Sound was too shouty, very aggressive regardless of material and tubes or ss equipment.
Dan
I am still running a pair of Cain&Cain Abby's that use a Fostex single driver and a Voigt pipe design. They have kept pace with my other upgrades, and I love them. 

Although their bass is surprisingly good, there's nothing to stop one from adding subwoofers; I also recently added rear-firing horns with exactly the aim that Ralph described in his post: "The solution is [... to] add a rear firing tweeter (and not cross over the main driver) to correct the tonality and help with soundstage palpability" (both products I purchased from Audiokinesis).

These two additions solve many of the issues with extension while preserving the coherence and liveness of single main driver. I am sure many members here have superior set-ups, but OP, you'd be surprised how full and immersive these speakers can sound.

Bache audio and Tri-Art both pursue designs built around a full-range driver supplemented by super tweeters and woofers.