In Reply to: There is another option! posted by John Marks on April 9, 2022 at 10:59:39:
The 2,5 way can be made using the same woofer and tweeter as the 2 way. Giving the manufacturer two different products from the same tweeter and woofer stock of parts, just using a change in crossover and the cabinet.
But the main selling point of most 2,5 way loudspeakers is louder bass!
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- RE: There is another option! - Ole Lund Christensen 14:05:05 04/09/22 (9)
- 2.5 also allows for higher efficiency due to using less or no Baffle step - Edp 22:08:11 04/09/22 (7)
- Consider the PSB T600 tower: a 3.5.5 way! - Brian H P 12:09:26 04/11/22 (6)
- Would all three woofers have to have the same impedance? - MWE 10:42:32 04/12/22 (5)
- Not necessarily, as long as they're the same sensitivity, but I think they're identical - Brian H P 12:50:07 04/12/22 (4)
- Sorry, didn't make myself clear, was talking more theoretically..., - MWE 13:49:54 04/12/22 (3)
- If you changed one driver to 16 ohm it would only change to 3.2 ohms - Edp 16:38:56 04/12/22 (2)
- Alas, 16 Ohm drivers are rarer than hen's teeth anymore - Brian H P 12:46:22 04/13/22 (1)
- A speaker manufacturer could have them custom-made in commercial quantities, but an individual, not so much. nt. - MWE 07:12:36 04/14/22 (0)
- Yes, I know that... - John Marks 17:59:45 04/09/22 (0)