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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 57883" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Intermod distortion 2-way vs 3-wayIt is real easy to get &quot;hung up&quot; on a single spec in audio.Rather than thinking that either a 2 or 3 way (or 4 for that matter) is &quot;bettter&quot;, you need to consider how well the particular design is implemented.This involves many factors-such as the actual layout used-the physical spacing of drivers-crossover points-crossover types-and all sorts of &quot;other things&quot; than are needed for a good design.As always-it is not always the tool (2 or 3 way) but rather how it is used.And when you talk &quot;distortion&quot; there are all kinds of different ways to measure the same measurement-and different people do it different ways-so it gets real hard to do direct comparisoms.Just because a particular product may have a &quot;lower number&quot;-does not mean that there is actually less distortion.&nbsp; Only for the particular measurement made.And getting IM distortion numbers from manufacturers is another thing.Let&#039;s say you get some numbers from manufacturer A.&nbsp; How do y ou know if they are good or bad? As compared to what?&nbsp; Do you have another similar product from another manufacturer that you can compare to?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 57883, member: 30"] Re: Intermod distortion 2-way vs 3-way It is real easy to get "hung up" on a single spec in audio. Rather than thinking that either a 2 or 3 way (or 4 for that matter) is "bettter", you need to consider how well the particular design is implemented. This involves many factors-such as the actual layout used-the physical spacing of drivers-crossover points-crossover types-and all sorts of "other things" than are needed for a good design. As always-it is not always the tool (2 or 3 way) but rather how it is used. And when you talk "distortion" there are all kinds of different ways to measure the same measurement-and different people do it different ways-so it gets real hard to do direct comparisoms. Just because a particular product may have a "lower number"-does not mean that there is actually less distortion. Only for the particular measurement made. And getting IM distortion numbers from manufacturers is another thing. Let's say you get some numbers from manufacturer A. How do y ou know if they are good or bad? As compared to what? Do you have another similar product from another manufacturer that you can compare to? [/QUOTE]

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