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"Given" correct pitch, timbre, weight and scale, the crux seems to be balancing available color saturation, color range, articulation and "force".  Getting this "right" is what I have referred to as the "matrix", and when the "critical mass" is achieved, the results are literally startling.  I don't know why, but all by itself it has an uncanny effect on "image" and "soundstage", rendering the presentation as "real" (ok, "more real"...) in a way that I am very eager to explore.  Even in mono...  It is only fairly recently that I started listening to it this way, during trials of my new "stack" of tone-rich drivers.  I could not sustain it with the rough stack, but I believe I got enough information to press on.

Jorge, you are spot on about the "turgid" quality of "chubby" drivers, although a lot more than is generally supposed might be gotten from more "delicate" drivers, without cutting meat off the bones.  Of course we are not talking 6" FR...  While any signature sound might be a problem, the S2 as you all describe it is an example of a very "rough" driver that might be tweaked to "outperform" a typically-smooth driver.  Like I said before, today I would try to "use" the 808's "faults" to sonic advantage rather than trying to make it sound like a 375...  Likewise, all a driver's strengths might be used more wisely.

We probably all hate the One Trick Pony, and once a specific trait becomes obvious and then relentless as such, how long is it tolerable?

Best regards,
Paul S

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