Voxativ and many other widebanders too. The rough guideline is the same. Many people think this driver type needs one magic super-synergistic amp, but in reality it all comes down to a simple DF ratio. Even a transistor will do, but it has to have SET alike DF. We're talking 8 or 16 and not i.e. 500 or 1000.
Yup, Bakoon isn't going anywhere.
Nope, not at all. Full-range drivers simply don't like to be pressed by amps, it limits them. On bass they're not as good as say active isobaric subs, but can be respectable.
Widebanders on dynamics are actually superior over many regular drivers. I mean, immediacy and snap you can get with widebanders, that's addictive. That's what happens when you don't have a crossover. Each time after hearing a full-range for several days, everything else seems slow, veiled and distant.
Can't agree with that in 100%, sorry! I had the s400 at my place and they actually NEED to be close to the wall. Passive membranes have to be coupled with flat surfaces, otherwise the best thing about them (that would be tectonic bass slam which would make many floorstanders to blush) is gone.
Buchardts make large sonic image and volume, so they wouldn't be my top choice for nearfields. But if I had to put them in a room, defo close to a wall.
Given your info on the Buchardts, maybe I'll still pick up a set, just not for nearfield.
