Quite agree AubreyBob.
Back in the day most woofers were 12 inches and some were 15. Who remembers the 15 inch Fane that could be bought very reasonablly and put in home-built cabinets? It was designed for use in cheap PA and guitar amps.
The issue with such big units was big lack of cone stiffness. Yes, they moved a lot of air and delivered a lot of bass but flexure of the cone meant it was very flabby, with poor cut-off of notes and inclined to tunelessness.
So from around the 80s, designs featured multiple smaller units. Note as a good example the B&W 801, a 'budget' high-end speaker introduced around 1997 with a single 12 inch woofer. After some years the 801 was withdrawn and replaced by the 802 that has two smaller units. Reviewers reported cleaner bass with no loss of sound pressure.
More recently the application of new exotic hi-tech materials has enabled the revival of 12 inch cones that have sufficient stiffness to allow low distortion AND big air movement.
So OP, the choice is yours....
Back in the day most woofers were 12 inches and some were 15. Who remembers the 15 inch Fane that could be bought very reasonablly and put in home-built cabinets? It was designed for use in cheap PA and guitar amps.
The issue with such big units was big lack of cone stiffness. Yes, they moved a lot of air and delivered a lot of bass but flexure of the cone meant it was very flabby, with poor cut-off of notes and inclined to tunelessness.
So from around the 80s, designs featured multiple smaller units. Note as a good example the B&W 801, a 'budget' high-end speaker introduced around 1997 with a single 12 inch woofer. After some years the 801 was withdrawn and replaced by the 802 that has two smaller units. Reviewers reported cleaner bass with no loss of sound pressure.
More recently the application of new exotic hi-tech materials has enabled the revival of 12 inch cones that have sufficient stiffness to allow low distortion AND big air movement.
So OP, the choice is yours....