I will take a good quality 3 way speaker every time. Asking a single driver to do all the work seems far more difficult than building a quality cross over.
Single way or multiway
The founder and builder of the highly respected high-end speaker company Gauder Akustik, Dr. Gauder, says that using a full-range driver is very bad. He uses 3- to 4-way speakers with extremely complex 10th-order crossovers consisting of 58–60 components.
In contrast, some other well-known and equally respected speaker companies — such as Voxativ, Zu, Cube Audio, and Totem — use crossoverless designs.
Who is right, and who is wrong?
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@ronboco agree 100% |
Cabinet Design is also not to be overlooked. A Single Driver is supported as a drive unit substantially, when the Cabinet is designed to assist with producing an extension of frequencies. Other Benefits are also available through selecting a particular design for a Cabinet, and these will also be inherited by the single driver. Multi Drive Units used in a typical cabinet design will not be benefiting from what certain cabinet designs area able to offer. Complications with Cabinet Construction and associated costs are a deterrent to speaker producers. |
I would look at the distribution of speakers on the market... particularly high end ones. Say the most high acclaimed speakers over $50K or $100K. These are intended to be examples of the very best possible sounding speakers with as few a compromises as possible for cost. What are some examples? Magico, Sonus Faber, Wilson, B&W. Notice anything in common? |
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