Keep in mind your definition of 'better' is different from everyone else or some of everyone else.
Some people like an immersed sound, like standing amongst the musicians with music all around, not knowing where the speakers are, and perhaps that is what these German speakers provide.
You may prefer to be sitting in front of a band and expect the 'imaging' of which you speak and for that, you are preferring a different speaker design/configuration. My spouse prefers a 'laid' back speaker whereas i prefer one with more 'detail' which she refers to as too much 'treble'.
One thing i noted from the LFR when i heard them is actually parallel to the review done in 2001 on the Mirage OM5s is related to imaging (if we define imaging by the descriptors listed here:
https://www.head-fi.org/threads/describing-sound-a-glossary.220770/).
"very full-range sound, a vast soundstage that doesn't require you to sit still in one ideal spot to enjoy it, an overall friendly character, and powerful bass that's adjustable to your room and tastes. They don't present images with the laser-like precision that some other speakers do,"
My observation was that the LFR provided a wide soundstage, it didn't pull left or right if you moved around the room, BUT that it felt like it was less easy to pinpoint the sound source compared to the non-LFR version. Was the guitar on the left or right or neither?
Again, this 'imaging' concept, as defined by being able to locate specific sound sources IMO was more 'muddled' compared to the non-LFR speaker. Note that does NOT say the LFR don't have good imaging, but per the reviewers comments i had to agree, my observation of the LFR was similar to his observation of the OM-5s, another omnidirectional speaker. I think the term he used was 'accurate' in that the omnis were did not seem as accurate as other speaker types which IMO is caused by that more dispersed sound, the big soundstage with less imaging.
The Mirage OM-5s were still by far the best overall speaker of the ones i got to hear last weekend.
The list was:
Ruark Broadswords (
https://www.iavscanada.com/innovative-audio-ruark-acoustic-broadsword-speakers/)
Waveform Machs (
http://www.soundstagenetwork.com/revequip/waveform_mach_mc.htm)
Mirage OM-5s
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