Some speakers with big woofers don’t actually go extremely low because they have low excursion (the cone does not move very far back and forth). These designs prioritize clean and fast response. I prefer this kind of bass.
Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound
Hello- I am looking to spend about 20-30k on used speakers ( guessing they would have been -40K new a few years back). Any suggestions welcome. I have a 14*20 room and I am looking for dynamics, potentially a great sounding horn or equivalent. Excited by Tektons but since I have the budget wondering if there's anything better. I did have the JBL M2s that I really enjoyed and Revel Salon 2s that I didn't so much
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Von Schweikert speakers with a easy placement due to their adjustable active bass. The more expensive models have more adjustments. The smaller, less expensive models play big, superior dispersion and adding a pair of 10" shockwave subs should power/balance the sound in moderately large size rooms. Otherwise, Rockports are balanced sounding with outstanding sonic characteristics. If you want precision over musicality, there are many modern speakers from Vivid, Magico, Wilson, B&W, Borressen, et.al. which will fill the bill, the bigger units with bigger, defined and fast bass. |
The low excursion drivers employ different kinds of surrounds, such as pleated fabric surrounds that sound cleaner to me, particularly at the upper end of the range the woofer is playing. I suppose there are technical/theoretical explanations why woofers sound as they do (e,g, low excursion woofers have much lower doppler effect frequency modulation), but I don’t know why but they often do sound good to me. Yes, iI hear plenty of good sounding systems employing small high excursion drivers, so I am merely saying that I like many of these old school woofers, not that any design is always better. |
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Fast Bass, Slow Bass - Myth vs. Fact See Here. Choosing a woofer see here. Mike |
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