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In Reply to: RE: I think you are right... posted by realistico on August 25, 2014 at 07:22:38
Kind of like the argument - I never heard a good two way speaker, if you never did hear a good two way speaker.
Yes I see the grammatical problem with that statement.
A really good design will deflate the single driver argument REAL fast! I've had several single drivers and they all end up needing super tweeters, tweeters and subs. Kinda looses the point.
charles
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The "point" (or rather, *points*) or purpose of single-driver is to create an elegant, electrically efficient, crossover-less loudspeaker.Single-driver designs are not perfect, but no loudspeaker is. Every design creates certain compromises while avoiding certain others. The best single-driver designs can be driven on far fewer watts than other types of loudspeakers while eliminating the sonic artifacts of crossovers in the frequency ranges that your ears are most sensitive to. If you prefer the sound of low-powered amplifiers and/or if your ears are particularly sensitive to midband discontinuites, then the single-driver experience might be for you. It all depends though, because there are as many (more?) bad or mediocre single-driver designs as there are really good ones.
That said, I'm not absolutely sure that my single-drivers would be the ones I'd hold on to if my ship was sinking in the frigid waters of the Northern Sea. It would be a tough decision. My Lauras are currently the biggest and most bouyant speakers that I own. My conventional multi-ways sound pretty great but they also seem like power hungry boat anchors at times. My glorious sounding headphones and their long tethers have a tendency to gather seaweed. What to do, what to do?
I really like all types of speakers because I think that they all have something uniquely good to offer. I'd gladly own several pairs.
Edits: 08/26/14 08/26/14
... three way? ;)
Cheers,
Presto
Perhaps, some would say so. The main driver might be covering a wider band of frequencies than usual, I guess. And, maximum efficiency might be maintained as well.
Edits: 08/26/14
I don't really have an issue with that design... I like the idea of crossing in the sub(s) nice and low, or letting the wide-range driver roll off naturally to minimize the crossover.
For the high-end though, I am not a fan of crossing over from a larger 8" driver to a supertweeter at 6-10k due to comb filtering.
Concentric tweeter... now that just might do it! ;)
Cheers,
Presto
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