Tang Band 2145 in action

Allow me to complete the quote for you. He basically states that after mods to the crossover, they could give competition to speakers in the 8-10k range. Not "they would", but "they could". And it doesn't say beat, it says compete. Throw the colorations he mentioned in there and it is not a ringing endorsement for the Thors IMO. It is basically a statement of you should give them consideration. See the full quote right here.

So- what's the bottom line? This standard, basic version gives a real taste of vey high end sound at a true bargain price.
If the "improved" DIY crossovers work as reported, these could give real competion to commercial speakers in the $8-10k class.

Now you admit that......

I cautally can hear things in the YT vid of the TB2145, that is now clear why I stayed with the davidLouis VX8.

Would that be because someone pointed these things out to you?

Not sure if you are aware the Millennium tweet is well known as a very accurate tweeter.

The Tyler speakers that I mentioned that I owned (Super Tower) have the Millenium tweeter in them, so yes, I am well aware of them and what they sound like.

Look if the Focals, KEF's, Vandersteens, Wislon;'s were as special as you suggest,

I have never owned any of them and have never suggested that they were special. Unlike you, I have actually been in the same room with and heard models from all of them at one time or another. Like all speakers, they have their pluses and minuses. I have heard multiple wide band speakers in person as well. None of them have been good enough to my ears to even consider replacing my fully active speakers. Not even close. 

I am very much a fan of wide-band drivers, particularly in systems employing them in multi-way systems where the wideband driver covers a very substantial part of the frequency range.

But, even among fans of this type of speaker, there is no consensus on what is better, much less best, and personal taste can dictate widely varying approaches to utilizing such drivers.  At a local dealership that builds custom speakers, I heard a system utilizing a GIP 4165 driver (12" field coil full range driver).  The experiment was between using that driver full range without any other driver, or using a tweeter at a very high nominal crossover point (first order high-pass filter to the tweeter, the 4165 driven full range).  I preferred the two-way configuration, but, not because it delivered more highs or better dispersion, but, because I thought the upper midrange sounded smoother and less peaky.  Most of the other listeners agreed with me, but, not everyone preferred the two-way version; the designer/builder preferred the single driver version.

Would that be because someone pointed these things out to you?


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No 
due to the DavidLouis has construuct that is cool and neat looking.
Almost a  clone of a   german labs speaker.
Mids were a  tad better in the DLVX8 vs the Tang Band.  Bass near identical. 
Why so, since both cones are completely dif materails,,I have no idea.

Blind test, you'd be lucky to guess which is which, at least on some/most records.

Glad you like your conventional LOUD speakers.
And that you found the WB's lacking. 
Whereas I found them near perfect, if not perfect  for my classical music. 

Here is a  bass test,  4 pieces for Timipini,  Elliott Carter.
I give it  10/10

WB;'s are only 1 speaker option in the wide world of speaker designs.

Here you get a  hint at the bass response.
YMMV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QtuLPchkt0

driven full range). I preferred the two-way configuration, but, not because it delivered more highs or better dispersion, but, because I thought the upper midrange sounded smoother and less peaky

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'm runninga  paper 3.5 inch tweet and love it..
But am considering adding a  Be with a  Nd magnet.
I like over lap in my fq range. 
The cap is a 2.2 and guess runs from 9khz on up.
So there is a  over lap of Davidlouis 9k on up with the Kasun.
Sounds fantastic.
Same with the W18's, has a  10uf cap and guessing runs up to 1600hz. 
So over laps Davidlouis 
DLVX8 taps into 40ishhz 
W18 40ish hz.
So over lap 
40hz-1600hz
Sounds super.
Ck out the new YT vid above on bass response.
Ain't too shabby for a  WBer. Which has a  stigma of lacking  good bass.

WOW 
I was listening to the bass YT  vid  only via the top FR section of my $20 computer speakers,,,I decided to  flip over the down firing sub portion,  which houses a  3 inch woofer. 
Now we are talking
Please do the same to REALLY hear these guys in action on Timipini bass.