Home Speaker Asylum

General speaker questions for audio and home theater.

There really isn't a Full Range driver.

'Full range'? I've yet to see 20Hz response. They're doing alright to 40Hz... beamy at high frequencies though and 20KHz isn't even in the realm of a prayer.

So 'wide range' is more appropriate; 'full range' implies you can run such a driver full range, which you really can't.

The problem is Doppler Effect. As soon as there's any bass on the driver, Doppler Effect messes with the mids and highs and its really audible as congestion.

This isn't curable unless you get the bass excursion off the driver. And you'll want a tweeter so you don't have to hold your head in a vise to make out the highs.

So such drivers are really a part of a good 3 way system IME/IMO.

There's that whole thing about no crossover making the speaker sound more vivacious. I think there's something to that. The problem is if this is a thing for you, you either have to experiment with electronic crossovers or amps that have bandwith limitation imposed (such as an amp that rolls off below 80Hz or the like).



Edits: 12/10/24

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