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Is the 2.5 way speaker the ideal home speaker?

Time for what I hope is another fun thread. 

One type of speaker which is actually pretty common but which gets little press / attention here on audiogon is the 2.5 way. 

A 2.5 way speaker is almost a 3-way, but it isn't. It is a speaker with 3 drivers, but instead of a tweeter, midrange and woofer (TMW) it lacks a true midrange. The "midrange" is really a mid-woofer, that shares bass duties with the woofer. Often these two drivers are identical, though in the Focal Profile 918 the midwoofer and woofer were actually different drivers with the same nominal diameter (6"). 

The Monitor Audio 200 is a current example of the concept, but I am sure there are many others. It's also quite popular in kit form. One of the most high-end kits I know of is the Ophelia based on a ScanSpeak Be tweeter and 6" Revelator mid-woofers. I haven't heard them, but I am in eternal love with those mid-woofers. I believe the original plans come from the German speaker building magazine Klan Ton. 

However many other kits are also available

But regardless of kit, or store purchased, are you a 2.5 way fan? Why or why not? 

Best,


Erik 
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schubert
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Very good post , helped to clarify things I kinda , sorta knew .
I'll give you a joke I just heard on the local jazz station .
Announcer was interviewing a local retired trumpet player who still does some sub and gigs around the Twin Cities .
The dude had once played for Lawrence Welk , both of them rolled off the names of some pretty good musicians who played for the bubble man over the years . DJ kinda beat around the bush as to why so many good players
played the corn ball . Trumpet man said , "you have to be a hell of a musician to play that bad all the time "  !
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