@gawdbless
Your observations are correct. Speakers with less bass extension get into trouble less frequently than larger speakers.
The further down you go, the more likely you are to excite a room mode and get outrageous or no apparent output.
This is why a good 2 way with extension to 40-ish Hz are the best compromise and easiest to live for most music lovers.
Now, for those who really will do whatever it takes, spend any amount, well, there’s ways, many ways << evil laugh >>
Unfortunately music lovers think the solution to all bass problems is just to add cone area, and that's where things go south. A 2-way speaker like I described is like the girl (or guy) next-door. Easy to get along with, always up for a trip, movie, or baseball game. Subwoofers are the schizophrenic neighbor who you wake up one day and see screaming at an oak tree and attacking it Don Quixote like with a rake. "Full range" speakers that go lower than 40ish Hz are going to be somewhere in between.
Your observations are correct. Speakers with less bass extension get into trouble less frequently than larger speakers.
The further down you go, the more likely you are to excite a room mode and get outrageous or no apparent output.
This is why a good 2 way with extension to 40-ish Hz are the best compromise and easiest to live for most music lovers.
Now, for those who really will do whatever it takes, spend any amount, well, there’s ways, many ways << evil laugh >>
Unfortunately music lovers think the solution to all bass problems is just to add cone area, and that's where things go south. A 2-way speaker like I described is like the girl (or guy) next-door. Easy to get along with, always up for a trip, movie, or baseball game. Subwoofers are the schizophrenic neighbor who you wake up one day and see screaming at an oak tree and attacking it Don Quixote like with a rake. "Full range" speakers that go lower than 40ish Hz are going to be somewhere in between.