EAW Three-way Loudspeakers User Manual
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O N C L U S I O N
The digital age of cinema audio demands more from loud-
speakers than ever before and the systems designed for cine-
ma use must keep pace. Sound effects at the extremes of the
audible spectrum have come to define the digital age cinema
experience and require updated loudspeakers to accurately
reproduce them.
Three-way loudspeakers allow drivers to operate in more
narrow, optimized ranges, eliminating the distortion that
results from excessive driver excursion. These optimized dri-
vers can then cover their intended frequency ranges more
effectively, without sacrificing response at extreme frequen-
cies. Since three-way design does not ask a single horn to
control directivity from 500 Hz to 20 kHz, pattern control
can be optimized without introducing distortion. EAW
three-way loudspeakers employ only cone drivers for their
mid frequency sections, providing better power handling
and, when necessary, greater peak output than two-way or
three-way systems using horn-loaded compression drivers
for the midrange. EAW’s cone driver, selected for their opti-
mal mid frequency response, reproduce dialog with excep-
tional clarity and warmth.
By moving to accept three-way loudspeaker design as the
new standard for digital age cinema sound, forward-think-
ing exhibitors can offer audiences the full advantages of digi-
tally recorded, mixed and edited soundtracks which, until
now, have only been enjoyed in production studios’ private
screening rooms.