Anyone Else Enjoy 2-Way Speakers MORE than their Bigger Brothers? Why So?

[caesar]

I find 2-ways more open and less analytical. What is it about 2 ways that makes them so enjoyable to you?

 

[Kofi Baffour]

well if said 2 way is designed competently in more ways than its comparable "bigger" siblings, then yes they're a better use of your money. and there are many examples of that

 

[thedudeabides]

Simpler design. One crossover point.

 

[Bjorn]

Less vertical lobing and less phase and time alignment problems in sensitive areas (especially when the speaker is passive).

But it doesn't need to be small and a floor stander 2-way has several advantages over a satellite.

 

[RCanelas]

There are a lot of ways to design a 2 way. As usual with audio, your preferences and the compromises of the speaker need to interplay a lot for you to reach satisfaction.

I can think of completely opposite 2 way solutions, reaching very different outcomes. Are you saying all 2 ways are always better for you? What are you saying?

 

[Al M.]

Less vertical lobing and less phase and time alignment problems in sensitive areas (especially when the speaker is passive).

But it doesn't need to be small and a floor stander 2-way has several advantages over a satellite.
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A 2-way floorstander can also look like this:



This is my speaker, PranaFidelity Dhyana, a quasi line-array. Very easy to drive; it is designed to be a resistive rather than a reactive load. Nominal impedance is 8 Ohms, with the lowest dip being 6.1 Ohm at 172 Hz. Phase angles are very shallow. A comfortable load for my Octave tube power amp (ca. 80 W/ch into 8 Ohms).

I love its tone, liveliness and dynamics. It also has great resolution and a very pure sound -- the speaker is very low distortion including at high SPL.

The subwoofer (coming in at 40 Hz with a steep 24 dB/octave slope) only makes a subtle contribution to the music; the two-way goes pretty deep and it has a very strong mid-bass foundation.

 

[Kofi Baffour]

Less vertical lobing and less phase and time alignment problems in sensitive areas (especially when the speaker is passive).

But it doesn't need to be small and a floor stander 2-way has several advantages over a satellite.
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Looks incredibly well designed. Happy for the close to floor bass driver placement

 

[Robh3606]

I find 2-ways more open and less analytical. What is it about 2 ways that makes them so enjoyable to you?

I don't know if I could agree. 2way's cover a lot of ground. Stand mounts floor mounts, large format 15's and horns/waveguides. Are you going to allow 2 1/2 ways? A full range with a woofer or a tweeter added?

Rob