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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 547043" data-attributes="member: 555320">Frankly, I&#039;d go with a &quot;better&quot; 2-way system then a &quot;not as good&quot; 3-way system.&nbsp; Not saying that the JL you asked about is better or worse then the QSD&#039;s (as I&#039;ve not used either personally), but being 3-way doesn&#039;t automatically make them &quot;better&quot; than a 2-way........it&#039;s actually more a personal preference than anything.&nbsp; Some people swear by 2-ways, some people swear by 3-ways; and they each have their advantages and disadvantages.And the midrange will be a very, very important factor in components, more so than the tweeter IMO.&nbsp; The midrange frequencies is where most of the musical content is located and is where the &quot;important&quot; frequencies are located (vocals, guitars, etc).&nbsp; Buy a set with a good tweet but an &quot;average&quot; mid, and the results will be less than stellar.&nbsp; This is one of the advantages of a 3-way system.&nbsp; Each speaker has a more limited bandwidth to play which should allow each speaker to play their dedicated bandwidth a little better.&nbsp; And by having a dedicated midrange, which can typically play higher than a mid doubling as a midbass can, then you aren&#039;t splitting up the important frequencies between the mid and tweeter (as is what normally happens) which can give it a more &quot;coherent&quot; sound since they are all coming from a single speaker.&nbsp; But, tuning and installing a 3-way can be much harder because they take up more space (obviously, since there are 3 speakers) and phasing and level matching can be much harder because there are more drivers.But again, install plays a major role in this.&nbsp; You can buy the best components in the world, but install them improperly and they&#039;ll sound like poop.Oh, and if you are going to run the stock rears, run them off of your HU&#039;s power and fade mostly to the front so that the stock rears aren&#039;t playing very loud at all.......just a little &quot;accent&quot; for rear seat passangers (when you have them).&nbsp; Or leave it faded to the front all the time, except for when you have rear seat passengers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 547043, member: 555320"] Frankly, I'd go with a "better" 2-way system then a "not as good" 3-way system. Not saying that the JL you asked about is better or worse then the QSD's (as I've not used either personally), but being 3-way doesn't automatically make them "better" than a 2-way........it's actually more a personal preference than anything. Some people swear by 2-ways, some people swear by 3-ways; and they each have their advantages and disadvantages. And the midrange will be a very, very important factor in components, more so than the tweeter IMO. The midrange frequencies is where most of the musical content is located and is where the "important" frequencies are located (vocals, guitars, etc). Buy a set with a good tweet but an "average" mid, and the results will be less than stellar. This is one of the advantages of a 3-way system. Each speaker has a more limited bandwidth to play which should allow each speaker to play their dedicated bandwidth a little better. And by having a dedicated midrange, which can typically play higher than a mid doubling as a midbass can, then you aren't splitting up the important frequencies between the mid and tweeter (as is what normally happens) which can give it a more "coherent" sound since they are all coming from a single speaker. But, tuning and installing a 3-way can be much harder because they take up more space (obviously, since there are 3 speakers) and phasing and level matching can be much harder because there are more drivers. But again, install plays a major role in this. You can buy the best components in the world, but install them improperly and they'll sound like poop. Oh, and if you are going to run the stock rears, run them off of your HU's power and fade mostly to the front so that the stock rears aren't playing very loud at all.......just a little "accent" for rear seat passangers (when you have them). Or leave it faded to the front all the time, except for when you have rear seat passengers. [/QUOTE]

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