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Woofer-Assisted Wide Band

In the old days of dynamic speaker drivers everything was done with a single driver. Now multi-way speakers with multiple drivers covering different ranges are the most common.  With this of course come some issues, and all sorts of ways to fix them.

But even today in the 21st century there are some interesting varietals of single-driver speakers attempting to claim a spot on the high-end though. Some use little paper "whizzer" cones and transmission lines. Some use mechanical crossovers (no caps).  Others like Kef and Thiel attempt to solve some of the issues by using a coaxial arrangement.

One of the cool ideas I have seen lately is "woofer assisted wide-band." The idea is that the main speaker is a single driver that covers from around 400 Hz on up. This keeps the crossover well out of the midrange and treble. An additional woofer is used to cover the lower octaves.

What about you? Are you a firm believer that multi-way speakers are the wrong way to go?


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Mozart ; your use of we suggests you had a date with Einstein ….

Not sure when you got a jones for Vandersteen but if you and your creation make it up to Seattle, we ( as in you, me and ? ) can listen to the clash, cosmic hippo and of course your namesake on the world acclaimed model 7. IF you desire more neutral ground, haul them to Munich.

of course, we can use the venerable ESL-63, Apogee Stage, Thiel 2.3+, even my hot rod Dynaco A-25…..

I am betting your driver pukes on Cosmic Hippo…

carry on
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