Are 3-way speakers always better than 2-way?
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Are 3-way speakers always better than 2-way?
If I want to replace the factory 6X8 speakers with aftermarket ones, should I get 3-way ones for sure? Or are there some situations or reasons why 2-way speakers might be a better choice?
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RE: Are 3-way speakers always better than 2-way?
dpeneds on the make an alpine 2 way will be better then a bad pioneer 3 way a 2 way will give you bass and some tweeter a 2 way will give you bass, mid bass, and tweeter so if you want very good quailty go wit the 3 way and that gives you less chance of blowing them because all 3 sounds have a its own speaker instead of 2 speakers trying to make all 3 sounds
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RE: Are 3-way speakers always better than 2-way?
three ways will typicaly reproduce sound a little cleaner than two ways, however if your looking for true sound imaging and clarity
COMPONENT SET round speakers reproduce more acurate than ovals and having a passive crossover will give you precise clean highs and accurate and responsive mids
COMPONENT SET round speakers reproduce more acurate than ovals and having a passive crossover will give you precise clean highs and accurate and responsive mids
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RE: Are 3-way speakers always better than 2-way?
it all has to do with dynamics, alright lets see the best way to explain: speakers create sound based off vibration and cone movement. with a round speaker stress and cone movement is uniform on all areas where as with an oval, stress and vibration is divided and different on the long sides and the short curves(corners if you will) ovals tend to distort because the wave pattern changes over the cone ...
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RE: Are 3-way speakers always better than 2-way?
here's a real easy way to look at it... an oval has different radius lengths all around... this creates different waves of sound in different directions... a round woofer allows for equal radius through the entire speaker... creating an equal sound wave from every point of the speaker... therefore the round speaker is much better...
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RE: Are 3-way speakers always better than 2-way?
it depends in my '85 i wanna put in some good 3-ways for my rear speakers, wich will have a low-pass filter on it, but those are really just to complement my subs, and i'm putting a 6" component set in my doors with with the tweeters in the dash, it should sound sweet ***, the rear speakers arent going in for awhile though