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Time for Two Ways !

There are as many types of speakers are there are human languages and dialects, but we have to agree one of the most popular formats is the two way system, with a tweeter and mid-woofer.

Sure, they are imperfect, often limited in bass or dynamic range, but they have major advantages as well:

  • Small Footprint
  • Small baffles
  • Single crossover point
  • Easier to integrate with a room’s acoustics

These are some general ideas. Of course, you don’t have to like 2-way speakers. You may prefer full-range single driver, ESL or 5-way beasts, but I hope we can please keep this thread 2-way friendly!

I’d love to hear from others about 2-way speakers you adore. Are you a 2-way only kind of audiophile?  How do you like yours? Horn loaded? Transmission line? Desktop?
erik_squires
grinnell
661 posts
 
Ref 3A de Capo. a great sounding speaker, no crossover

Sensitivity 92 dB
Impedance 8 Ohms
Frequency Response 42Hz to 40KHz
Power Handling 150 Watts RMS
Phase Coherent

Dimensions

Height 15" (38 cm)
Width 11" (28 cm)
Depth 13" (33 cm)
Weight 27 lbs (13 kg) each


dragon_vibe
430 posts
 
Quested H108 Speakers, Best kept secret IMHO. Its cheap, easy to drive. 94db sensitivity. 8 Inch Driver. Fluid Damped Tweeter.

They sound bigger, smoother, Well integrated. Used by professional in the music industry for its accuracy and low fatigue. Honestly it will run all over anything under 4k
kosst_amojan
2,095 posts
 
The only 2-ways I've ever owned have been old ESS AMT speakers with 10" drivers. I still own my first gen AMT1's and use the almost every day, but they don't. Hold a candle to my Focal 936's. 2-way doesn't always equal small baffle and small foot print. Take the DeVore Orangutan series for example. Huge baffles. Huge footprints. I listened to the Focal 906's and those are well integrated speakers. The reason I chose the 936's over the 1008Be's was bass. These were going to be living room speakers and the bottom end wasn't a compromise I wanted to make. Ultimately that's a major weaknesses in so many 2-ways. The 936's take up no more space and with a lower crossover point of 150 or 280 Hz depending on who's talking, integrating the bass with the speaker as a whole makes more sense than stand mounts and subs to me. 
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