What is a 2-way speaker? What is a passive speaker? null

One speaker for high frequencies and one speaker for mid and low frequencies. A passive speaker is not self-powered. You must connect them to an amplifier with speaker wires to power them.

Two way are high and mid range. Passive means that they need power supplied to them.

A two way speaker refers to how many cones (speakers) are in each box. A woofer is the larger cone and produces the lower and mid tones. A tweeter is the smaller cone which handles the highest tones. An electronic device inside the speaker called a crossover determines what tones go to the woofer and what tones go to the tweeter. Passive simply means there is no internal amplifier in the speakers themselves and they must be driven by an amplifier or more commonly a stereo receiver. In the S15, these are an uncommonly good speaker for developing lows and highs. I highly recommend.

QUESTION 1: A 2way speak is just a speaker that has two drivers built into the cabinet. Now most speakers tend to be three way, the reason cause you want to have a high, mid and a low frequency to experience the full range of sounds being replayed on your music or movies. Now that doesn't mean a 2way can't do that, that's why there are full range speaker drivers which can act like a mid and a woofer at the same time, it just has a frequency range that goes really low and comes up decently high. I would say having a 3 way speaker is better because each driver can focus on doing one thing really well and they can be protected better with crossovers which send the right frequencies to the right speaker. QUESTION 2: A passive speaker is a driver that is not powered by the amplifier, it is passively moving using the compressed air the other driver is producing. that is why most passive drivers are bass drivers, they are easier to reproduce requiring very little tuning. example is you could have a speaker cabinet with 4 drivers, one tweeter, mid driver, woofer and a passive acting as another woofer. This can make that speaker unit create more bass with less amplification. A good way to notice a passive driver is one of the woofer's wont have a dust cap in the center of the driver protecting the voice coil cause there is none, its usually a flat looking speaker.

A two-way speaker is one that has two drivers in each container or each box, in this case, it would be a tweeter and a woofer most of the time a two-way the woofer will act as a second between the mid-range and the Tweeter wherever the Roloff Falls between the two and a 3-way system you would have a tweeter a small one in a mid-range which could be anywhere from 3in to 5in and you would generally have a woofer which is usually 6 8 10 or 12 in they require a crossover in order to make all frequencies come out at the air given set a passive radiator A&R started deported speaker which allows the back of the subwoofers sound too escape from the rear which gave the speaker a deeper more defined Bass a radiator is a speaker that does not have a port but it looks like a speaker but is designed to allow the rear radiated sound from the woofer two escaped in a controlled and tuned Outlet it deepens the base and allow for a much smoother low-end transition.

A 2-way speaker provides high and low frequencies. Usually, has a tweeter for highs and a woofer or mid bass for lows. This is a passive speaker and uses an external amplifier like a stereo receiver. An Active speaker is a speaker that has it's own amplifier built in. Hope this helps James N. Merry Christmas

A 2 way speaker is a woofer and tweeter. Also a passive speaker needs amplified thru either an amplifier or a reciever.

2-WAY- Mid range speaker and a tweeter, No bass. Passive Speaker- No amplifier in the speaker so must be driven with a receiver or amp and tuner.

2-way speaker refers to a tweeter and a woofer (or in this case a midrange driver since it’s a satellite speaker, where the subwoofer makes up the sonic bass) A passive speaker means that it requires power from an amplifier/receiver (typically supplied in most AV receivers) whereas (by contrast) an active speaker has the power amp(s) built in to the speaker enclosure itself...the idea being that the speaker’s driver(s) is(are) matched with the appropriate amplification (and often equalization) thereby ready for reproduction from a line-level source, such as iPod/iPhone or CD player, etc....these tend to be more used in Computer/Audio Recording situations vs Home Theatre Hope that helps

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One speaker for high frequencies and one speaker for mid and low frequencies. A passive speaker is not self-powered. You must connect them to an amplifier with speaker wires to power them.
Answered by Kloid 7 years ago
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Two way are high and mid range. Passive means that they need power supplied to them.
Answered by David35 7 years ago
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A two way speaker refers to how many cones (speakers) are in each box. A woofer is the larger cone and produces the lower and mid tones. A tweeter is the smaller cone which handles the highest tones. An electronic device inside the speaker called a crossover determines what tones go to the woofer and what tones go to the tweeter. Passive simply means there is no internal amplifier in the speakers themselves and they must be driven by an amplifier or more commonly a stereo receiver. In the S15, these are an uncommonly good speaker for developing lows and highs. I highly recommend.
Answered by SC63 4 years ago
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QUESTION 1: A 2way speak is just a speaker that has two drivers built into the cabinet. Now most speakers tend to be three way, the reason cause you want to have a high, mid and a low frequency to experience the full range of sounds being replayed on your music or movies. Now that doesn't mean a 2way can't do that, that's why there are full range speaker drivers which can act like a mid and a woofer at the same time, it just has a frequency range that goes really low and comes up decently high. I would say having a 3 way speaker is better because each driver can focus on doing one thing really well and they can be protected better with crossovers which send the right frequencies to the right speaker. QUESTION 2: A passive speaker is a driver that is not powered by the amplifier, it is passively moving using the compressed air the other driver is producing. that is why most passive drivers are bass drivers, they are easier to reproduce requiring very little tuning. example is you could have a speaker cabinet with 4 drivers, one tweeter, mid driver, woofer and a passive acting as another woofer. This can make that speaker unit create more bass with less amplification. A good way to notice a passive driver is one of the woofer's wont have a dust cap in the center of the driver protecting the voice coil cause there is none, its usually a flat looking speaker.
Answered by Rolandcow 4 years ago
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A two-way speaker is one that has two drivers in each container or each box, in this case, it would be a tweeter and a woofer most of the time a two-way the woofer will act as a second between the mid-range and the Tweeter wherever the Roloff Falls between the two and a 3-way system you would have a tweeter a small one in a mid-range which could be anywhere from 3in to 5in and you would generally have a woofer which is usually 6 8 10 or 12 in they require a crossover in order to make all frequencies come out at the air given set a passive radiator A&R started deported speaker which allows the back of the subwoofers sound too escape from the rear which gave the speaker a deeper more defined Bass a radiator is a speaker that does not have a port but it looks like a speaker but is designed to allow the rear radiated sound from the woofer two escaped in a controlled and tuned Outlet it deepens the base and allow for a much smoother low-end transition.
Answered by IkeInc 5 years ago
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A 2-way speaker provides high and low frequencies. Usually, has a tweeter for highs and a woofer or mid bass for lows. This is a passive speaker and uses an external amplifier like a stereo receiver. An Active speaker is a speaker that has it's own amplifier built in. Hope this helps James N. Merry Christmas
Answered by Jamesn1027 7 years ago
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A 2 way speaker is a woofer and tweeter. Also a passive speaker needs amplified thru either an amplifier or a reciever.
Answered by Bullydog 7 years ago
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2-WAY- Mid range speaker and a tweeter, No bass. Passive Speaker- No amplifier in the speaker so must be driven with a receiver or amp and tuner.
Answered by Rick 7 years ago
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2-way speaker refers to a tweeter and a woofer (or in this case a midrange driver since it’s a satellite speaker, where the subwoofer makes up the sonic bass) A passive speaker means that it requires power from an amplifier/receiver (typically supplied in most AV receivers) whereas (by contrast) an active speaker has the power amp(s) built in to the speaker enclosure itself...the idea being that the speaker’s driver(s) is(are) matched with the appropriate amplification (and often equalization) thereby ready for reproduction from a line-level source, such as iPod/iPhone or CD player, etc....these tend to be more used in Computer/Audio Recording situations vs Home Theatre Hope that helps
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