I agree. The efficiency of the speaker is probably dictated
by the efficiency of the naked woofer after mating it to its LF management with the cabinet loading. The tweeter is then padded down to match the woofer. The woofer probably is running only a low-pass, and if there's an inductor, I would suspect that Totem's using a good enough one so that compression issues aren't the cause of your hearing it as
inefficient. You could add another woofer for an additional 6 dB, and hope there's enough tweeter there, after completely redesigning the crossover, cabinet, and hence, a whole 'nother speaker!
There's no free lunch here....
by the efficiency of the naked woofer after mating it to its LF management with the cabinet loading. The tweeter is then padded down to match the woofer. The woofer probably is running only a low-pass, and if there's an inductor, I would suspect that Totem's using a good enough one so that compression issues aren't the cause of your hearing it as
inefficient. You could add another woofer for an additional 6 dB, and hope there's enough tweeter there, after completely redesigning the crossover, cabinet, and hence, a whole 'nother speaker!
There's no free lunch here....