As a quirk of history, the lower midrange boost referenced by unsound caused a bit of weirdness that lasted the life of the company. In order for the woofer/midrange to retain their coherence both drivers had to be fed the same equalized/boosted signal. In other words the EQ couldn't simply boost the woofer because then the crossover slopes would be incorrect and not add properly. (Point of subtlety: the lower ranges of the tweeter also got boosted - it was still contributing below 200 Hz.) Note that the CS3 was bi-wireable with the woofer and midrange on one set of terminals and the tweeter on the other. The ramifications were quite complex depending on what different wire and/or amps, EQ or no EQ, etc. Jim didn't like cans of worms and decided that the dealer / customer / marketplace had too many opportunities to screw up his design intent, which led to banning double inputs on future products.
The decision was people / marketplace driven rather than performance driven, even though I often hear that Jim was against bi-wiring for performance reasons. (But only if the customer screwed it up.) Our development prototypes were often bi-wired to remove the intermodulation and other cable distortions from the speaker development decisions. It's always a can of worms.
The decision was people / marketplace driven rather than performance driven, even though I often hear that Jim was against bi-wiring for performance reasons. (But only if the customer screwed it up.) Our development prototypes were often bi-wired to remove the intermodulation and other cable distortions from the speaker development decisions. It's always a can of worms.