Great driver for single driver no crossover speaker?

[GXAlan]

Main goal is just to try something without a crossover, mostly out of curiosity, while still hopefully being somewhat high end and enjoyable. Probably to use as a desktop speaker or in a secondary bookshelf system. I’ve also been curious about the Textreme ever since they came out. Would the suggested drivers be meaningfully better than the MW13TX for this?

Take a look at the Canon S-50 that was measured here. They sound way better than you expect and potentially can use them as enclosures for future modifications…

 

[alex-z]

The MW13TX is a great woofer, but I wouldn't use any 5" driver for a full-range speaker. To get decent bass you are going to need a lot of excursion which is detrimental to multi-tone distortion.

IMO either go 12-15" and sacrifice the top 2-3 octaves or do a 2 way design, something like a Markaudio Pluvia 7 + Dayton Odeum 15LF.

 

[JohnnyAudio]

I have 2 Lii audio 10"
S-10 in open baffle
P-10 in Headwrecker folded horn
love them both with no crossover