Is the 2.5 way speaker the ideal home speaker?

Always years behind, or not active originally, but a great topic.

Lucky to buy (trade/scrounge) used original Raidho D2s back in 2016. They replaced Dyne Sapphires (3 way and much larger).

For a 2.5 way (150 and 3k) with two tiny 4.5" mid/woofers, and using the DSPeaker Anti-Mode 2.0 (for room/bass correction and to tame the Raidho's built in hump) they play nice and smoothly down to 30Hz in our 20 x 17 room, but they sure don't do rock concert loud (low 90s peaks tops, or popping!). Fabulous fast tight clean and rich sound with those blessed sealed ribbon tweeters.

Still I like having three SVS sealed subs passed low (35, 40, and 45 for now) and not easily audible with most music which I like.

But if I'm going to run three subs, they could very easily do more than they are, and consequently relieve the D2s of that really deep bass output. Plus that should also benefit the mid-range and yield a bit more dynamics (I know I shouldn't ask for more volume...but it's so nice).

The W4S integrated makes the D2s sing, but I have not been able to successfully split the pre-out line-level signal to subs and DSPeaker unit (which could easily high pass the D2s however blended best). It yields mono and I'm stuck. I need to think harder on this.

Great thread Erik, and gentlemanly conduct on your part at all times. I'd have groaned inside a few times...  :-)

@mmmikeymike - Clean sports socks. :)  You don't have to overstuff the whole port.  If you can roll up a sock and shove it in, that's enough.

@musicaddict  Raise that crossover frequency, if you can!! Most find the reduction in distortion of the mains totally worth it.

@erik_squires Thanks for the suggestion, especially since like most men, I have a small pile of unmatched socks that lost their mates somewhere in the laundry process and I keep thinking the other half will reappear someday. If I like the outcome, once my Carinas arrive and I play w them a bit, I'll probably try to fashion something more permanent, since I picture eventually trying to fish a balled-up sock out of the speaker guts without damaging anything -that's just how my universe works LOL. Will do some digging to see if cork or foam or what might work for a custom fit. 

I'll probably try to fashion something more permanent, since I picture eventually trying to fish a balled-up sock out of the speaker guts without damaging anything

@mmmikeymike 

Hahah, don't do that!! You don't need to shove it in far.  Shoving the sock in deeper does not help.  Just so the majority of air is prevented from moving freely from the inside to the outside, and you can easily pinch it with your fingers to pull it out.  Really really helps to be able to measure the system and adjust EQ accordingly after plugging.