maxchau

" If I was 100% sure that it caused some major sonic degradation --" Indeed it does degrade sonically in treble region (big time, if I may say). Jump it with a piece of silver wire will release full potential of the original design intent. Namely, the cup effects are gone. Midrange integration becomes seamless and treble extension / delineation up with air. BUT...Do this only with an already clean and transparent system. If the internal wires are replaced and BC Ti diaphragms installed then few others compare.

I realize this is an older post. I own KG5.5. The 2-way vs 3-way arguments are mostly give-n-take. On first listen a 3-way speakers would win due to a more prominent mid range which grabs immediate attention. But long term listening may reveal the deficits of a 3-way design which is less coherent than a more simple 2-way counterpart. It is just much more difficult to make 3 speaker drivers working together/coherently than just dealing with two. This has been my experience.