Home Speaker Asylum

General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

IME, there will always be innate problems with 3-ways *but* ...

... then again so is asking drivers to operate beyond their natural parameters. IME, the dedicated midrange is far superior to the 2 choices. FWIW, I still like my 1st-order bifricated 4-way XO. So, no phasing problems.



+--- SupTwt --- Chi ---+
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+--- Cmid ---+--- MidTwt --- Lhi ---+
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0-----+ +-----0
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+--- Lmid ---+--- MidBas --- Clo ---+
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+--- SubBas --- Llo ---+

The tweeter's high-pass eventually goes 12dB/octave at the center XO, and so does the woofer's low-pass,ans phasing output. Also, the large dome mid-tweeter is ideal for an upper midrange driver, which allows for close adjacent mounting that's so @#$%&* crucial for imaging in small wavelengths where even eccentric interference patterns colors the sound with discontinuous nuances IMHO.



... just my 2¢

moderate Mart £

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