At this time, I'm at the "research" stage for a 3-way and yes, I am considering using the Alpha 6 as a direct radiator. I'm looking for a midrange that'll take me from 100Hz up to 3KHz to 4KHz. The reponse graph of the Alpha looks great and I was wondering how it would sound. According to the graph, it's putting out close to 100dB with 1 watt, so I never even considered horn loading it.

In terms of "sound", I interested to know how smooth it is pass the 1.5 KHz mark, whether it breaks up into a cardboardy sound. I noticed that the Alpha 10 in my 2 PI Towers sound a lot better after I crossed it at 1.6KHz with a PSD2002, rather than let it run into 4KHz.

About power handling, I've noticed that within a product line, the smaller drivers tend to have 3 - 6 more dB's in sensitivity than the larger driver. Same SPL at 50% or 25% of the power required for the larger drivers, meaning power handling becomes less of an issue.

Like I said, just research for now, so there'll be more questions to come.

Gar.