3 Way VS 2 Way Speakers
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If you are interested in purchasing speakers for your home audio system, one of the many factors that you should look into is whether the speaker is a 2 way or 3 way design. While both designs are popular, they each have their pros and cons, here are some tips.
A 2 way speaker design is a speaker that has a tweeter plus a mid range horn that plays mid level and low level frequencies. The speaker has a crossover which will send and sort the sound properly. The crossover sends low level sounds to the midrange horn and send high frequency sounds to the tweeter.
A 3 way speaker design adds a separate woofer for low frequencies. It also has a crossover that distributes sound between highs, mid range frequencies and low end frequencies. It is also important to note that there are 4 way speakers, but they usually include two low end woofers.
Both 2 way and 3 way speakers sound very good, however, a 3 way design can be beneficial for true sound separation. The upside to a 2 way speaker is that it takes up much less space. Most three way speakers are about 50% larger than there 2 way counterparts and thus usually more expensive.
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