PixelSquish
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i have seen a few on here claim the W3 is the first true 3-way IEM with a dedicated driver for lows - mids - highs with a passive crossover - and this info is vaguely corroborated by westone's own website text:
"The Westone 3 is the first true universal fit three-way earphone designed for personal listening. "
but for the triple.fi, that has been out awhile now - UE claims they have a true 3-way IEM with a dedicated speaker via passive crossover for each range - lows, mids, highs
from the UE triple.fi page:
"Housed within the universal body are three individual speakers and an integrated passive crossover circuit board that directs the low-end frequencies to a dedicated speaker for bass, the mid-range frequencies to a speaker for the vocals and the high frequencies to a speaker dedicated for treble."
Yet others claim that the W3 is the first IEM to do exactly that.
some may point to the diagram on the UE website that points out 1 high-range driver and then a set of low/mid drivers as being a two plus one.
that, to me, means nothing. it may simply mean that they house the low/mid drivers to pump out of one outlet, but yet it is two drivers in there dedicated to each frequency.
but i'd like to know which company's marketing team is lying to me.
"The Westone 3 is the first true universal fit three-way earphone designed for personal listening. "
but for the triple.fi, that has been out awhile now - UE claims they have a true 3-way IEM with a dedicated speaker via passive crossover for each range - lows, mids, highs
from the UE triple.fi page:
"Housed within the universal body are three individual speakers and an integrated passive crossover circuit board that directs the low-end frequencies to a dedicated speaker for bass, the mid-range frequencies to a speaker for the vocals and the high frequencies to a speaker dedicated for treble."
Yet others claim that the W3 is the first IEM to do exactly that.
some may point to the diagram on the UE website that points out 1 high-range driver and then a set of low/mid drivers as being a two plus one.
that, to me, means nothing. it may simply mean that they house the low/mid drivers to pump out of one outlet, but yet it is two drivers in there dedicated to each frequency.
but i'd like to know which company's marketing team is lying to me.