Thanks guys!!!! Randy, your comment about detail has been coming up a lot lately, and I appreciate it. Makes me believe I'm in the ballpark for my design objectives, my focus has always been on natural (accurate) sound with the belief that one way to get there is a very fast system that can easily reproduce the quick and subtle transients, harmonics and dynamics which are to me the heart of the music. I guess this comes from my musician/pro background. An example is really hearing the difference between a world class handmade instrument and a 'good' instrument. Of course the overall dif is night and day but when you start to analyze them the individual differences are more subtle. This was where I started years ago in designing a speaker system that would capture those subtle differences because most of the pro gear basically made all guitars sound alike. So my objective has always been to let the subtleties of the source come through as naturally as possible, it sounds like that results in good detail and resolution, I just want good music. When I was first beginning all this I was fortunate to be in a community with many incredible musicians, one of them being Martin Simpson, the test would be to have him play through the speaker and then turn it off and hear if we felt the excitement and musicality was coming through the speaker like from the real source, quite a learning experience and 17 years later still my bottom line.
So to answer your question, the high sensitivity is more a side effect of pursuing a natural sound, but it does seem that usually the two go hand in hand.
thanks,
Lou