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There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area

After listening to quite a few speakers, my conclusion is that if you want large enveloping soundstage, you need a lot of drivers.  

I once had a speaker with two 12in. drivers and the soundstage is just floating in the air.  None of my other speakers could do that.

Currently I have a pair of Thiel CS2.4.  It is a very good speaker but with small drivers there is really limitation to what it can do in term of soundstage size.  I really miss that.

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erik_squires
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I'm always going to bat for large, stiff woofers with high excursion capabilities over small woofers no matter how many.  The distortion specifications are pretty clear.

The good reasons for small woofers are usually more related to having limited bass not waking the room modes that are deeper.  So much of what is attributed to using small speakers because they are faster ends up being caused by room mode issues, not speed. 

As for soundstage, not sure but maybe it has more to do with wide baffle speakers?

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