sancho wrote:
In my band we have 2 ways speakers, we play andean music, panflutes, classic
guitar, drum, just accoustic sound.
I wonder if we buy 3 ways speaker is going to make any difference.
The way that I understand is the we are not getting the mid freq it all, the
speakers we use has the horn and the huge speaker about 18" diameter.
Few years ago we used to perform with my 15" home stereo speaker(ja ja) but
the sound was great, we don't play very loud, we play in private parties and
festivals. The speaker that we use now(2 ways) are JBL, I know that are very
good speakers but maybe with should get other speakers.
Anybody has any advice?
thanks



You probably won't notice much of a difference in the sound, unless the
speakers are of vastly different quality. A two way speaker means the
crossover splits the incoming signal in into two different signals. One
contains lower frequencies and the other contains higher frequencies.
They are usually split right around 3k. Obviously the highs are sent to
one speaker and the lows sent to another. This way, the woofer only
needs to handle lows, which it is made for, and the tweeters only need
to handles highs, which they are made for.

Now, if you get a three-way system, the incoming signal is split into
(yep you guessed it) 3 signals, a high mid and low....each signal is
sent to a speaker or speakers that specialize in handling that frequency
range. Now, that doesn't mean that a woofer CAN'T reproduce high
frequencies or that a mid-range speaker CAN'T reproduce lower
freqencies....they just aren't made for it. In fact some manufacturers
(like Lowther) make speakers that are made to handle all freqs.

Anyway, a three way system does not automatically sound better than a
two way. Most high-end studio monitors are two way. I have a pair of BBC
mini monitors that cost over a thousand dollars for two very small
little speakers and they are two way and they sound great.

Jonny Durango