Quote Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
Dynaudio or any speaker will apply the majority of it's received input power toward the woofers.
It does absolutely nothing of the kind.

If you input a watt of power, (say a sine wave) into a Dynaudio, or JMLabs, or Magnepan, the speaker it directs that energy to the driver it is intended for.

Simplified, a low frequency tone it is directed toward the woofer, and the tweeter is blocked from the signal. If it's a high frequency tone, it is directed to the tweeter, and the signal is blocked from the woofer. Obviously there are a myriad of permutations that are possible in a crossover,(slopes/order/phase/ect.) but as I've described it that is the essence of the passive crossover system that is used in the majority of consumer speakers.

I'm surprised Kexodusc hasn't chimed in on this, as crossover theory is something any good DIY guy knows by heart.

While it might SEEM that a woofer is less efficient than a tweeter this is not always the case. Some woofers are very efficient and some tweeters are not. Some designs lend themselves to high efficiency bass response (think horns) some not. A good speaker designer balances the drivers to create a speaker with a flat response that covers the maximum range.