one way, two way, three way

[ructwenty2 10+ year member]

what do the "way"s mean when they are talkin about speakers. whats the difference between a one way speaker and a two way speaker

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[TheGrimReaperKD 10+ year member]

The more the better I believe. a 3-way speaker would sound better than a 1-way or a 2-way because I believe they have built in sub-speakers in then, like tweeters, woofers, ect... (I think? lol)

Just trying to help, lol..

 

[AScreenName 10+ year member]

one way-typically a woofer/tweeter. just one speaker

two way- typically a tweeter and a woofer

3 way - a woofer, midrange speaker and a tweeter

4 way - a woofer, midrange, tweeter and supertweeter.

 

[Yrrkoon 10+ year member]

yep.. 1 way is just 1 speaker.. 2 way is 2 speakers. 3 way has 3 speakers. each individual speaker can't reproduce the entire frequency range possible, so they design speakers to reproduce only a certain frequency range. Thats why to get the entire spectrum you usually end up having tweeters, midrange speakers, low range speakers, and subwoofers for really low frequencies.

speakers that are 2 or 3 way simply build into the larger speaker, several smaller tweeters to cover a greater frequency range. Do they sound better? sure because they product a greater range of frequencies then only a 1 way. But to some extent they're not the best choice because since the speakers are built on top of one another, they interfere with each other as well and don't produce as good sound as if they were seperate speakers. Ideally you'd want only 1 way speakers throughout. Thats why you tend to see "component" speakers where the midrange and tweeter are seperate and include a small crossover. This combined with proper installation and orientation will produce the best sound.