Do high zoot speakers sound "forced"


I have not listened to the increasingly popular single driver full range type speakers that sport high efficiency but, I keep reading comments that once one hears a good pair in a near-field environment then they never go back to the high tech multi-driver speakers with their associated high zoot crossovers. People say they have this "unforced" and "naturally coherent" quality that just eludes even the best of the modern multiways. Has anyone went down the single driver venue and turned around due to inferior sonics?
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I have multiple different types of speakers, both multi-ways and "one ways". They all have their benefits and drawbacks. One obviously has to choose what they like best in their specific room with their specific equipment.

Personally, i could not live with a typical "high efficiency" type single driver system. Others that own such speakers may have the opposite response to some of the lower efficiency speakers that i prefer. If i had my "druthers", i'd druther have the full ranges that i have with the efficiency that they have. Unfortunately, we haven't found ways to break the laws of physics yet : ) Sean
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