I have been trying to gain some understanding into 2 Way vs. 3 Way Speakers. I have read lots of information that talk about the technical difference, and that makes sense. What is hard to find is insight into the differences/advantages in the actual sound.
For those of you that have experience with both, are there notable distinctions in the sound performance between two way and three way speakers?
The number of drivers used in a loudspeaker is a function of its design, just like the size, shape & material of the enclosure, the individual parameters of the transducers used, elements of the crossover network, and the foundational design - ported, acoustic-suspension, infinite baffle, open baffle, transmission line, planar, dipole, etc.
Simply knowing if a system is a 2-way or 3-way design tells you bupkiss.
2-way vs. 3-way is not about the number of divers. There are 2-way speakers with 3 driver.
Agree that 2-way vs. 3 way tells you nothing. There are great and terrible 2-way and 3-way speakers. Generally, it’s hard to get full range from a 2-way. All things being equal, I will take a 2-way speaker. But there are so many other factors it doesn’t really matter.