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What type of speaker would sound better?

 

1. mid-tier 3 way with multiple lower quality drivers and parts OR

2. High end 2-way with premium crossover parts and speaker drivers. 

Either one could be a stand mount, small tower, or anything in between.

For example you listen to a well recorded symphony in a 15 X 30 living room. You have 250w @ 8ohms. You start on a mid tier 3-way and then on a high end 2-way system, which do you think would sound better?

 

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audition__audio
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High end 2 way.

audition__audio
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Depends on how the extra cost is applied to the cabinets. If you are just making a thin walled ply or otherwise look pretty with a very nice veneer and finish then you are correct. If the money is put into making the cabinets inert, eliminating parallel surfaces, etc then this money is very well spent and is not aesthetic. Cabinet resonance is a real problem, although some manufacturers have embraced this cheaper technique as the best way of eliminating energy. I love the term "tuned cabinet". 

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