I'm not hip enough on the terms and stuff. I also believe that my room could use some sound treatments to get more 3d going on. I will say though that I was listening to my tekton lore speakers when I finally got around to finishing these and put my lores for sale immediately. The sound with these is much more warm and put together. The highs on the tektons were grating to me and I didn't' even realize it until these were playing. The x-statiks are nice and wide open but could use more 3d for me. I believe that to be my room though. I'm really new to the stuff.
For the cost of the kit, I don't know if these could be beat as long as you're not a full range open baffle guy. I have not had much success in putting together something that sounds so cohesive. Open yes, but not as enjoyable for me.
Danny is a master a x-over design. Don't think that can be debated and it shows in the sound.