selahaudio Messages: 56 Registered: September 2009
Baron
It really depends on what your objectives are and what qualities you want in your system. With an array you're spreading a limited budget over several drivers versus just a few for a point source. The largest differences will be in tonality, sensitivity, and soundstage. The point source will have better tonality, especially if it's a 3-way. The array will give you a larger (and in my opinion) more lifelike soundstage with higher sensitivity.
Personally if it's under $1,500 in drivers I tend to prefer a point source because tonality is important to me. Even in the $2500-$3500 range you may find you favor a point source but the arrays do have the edge in dynamics as well. If you can go listen to a set of arrays and decide for yourself.
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