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That depends on room size and
Posted by Ole Lund Christensen on April 7, 2022 at 12:01:34:
how loud you want the low-frequency notes to be.
A larger room and a greater distance from you to the loudspeakers will require more output from the 2 way woofer, again causing distortion in the midrange.
A small woofer in a two way will distort the midrange, if you play it loud enough with the lowest notes on the piano.
3 way loudspeakers are more difficult to develop, and they normally have a bigger cabinet. The woofer in a 3 way will cause cabinet vibrations, and they make the midrange less clear.
So if you live in a small room and do not play loud notes at the lowest frequencies, the best results often come from a small 2 way loudspeaker.
Planar loudspeakers is a different case.