There's a lot more bass in a 6.5" driver than most of you think


One topic of discussion I often see new audiophiles touch on is whether to get larger speakers for more bass.

I usually suggest they tune the room first, then re-evaluate. This is based on listening and measurement in several apartments I’ve lived in. Bigger speakers can be nothing but trouble if the room is not ready.


In particular, I often claim that the right room treatment can make smaller speakers behave much larger. So, to back up my claims I’d like to submit to you my recent blog post here:

https://speakermakersjourney.blogspot.com/2020/01/the-snr-1-room-response-and-roon.html


Look at the bass response from those little drivers! :)


I admit for a lot of listeners these speakers won’t seem as punchy as you might like, but for an apartment dweller who does 50/50 music and theater they are ideal for me. If you’d like punchy, talk to Fritz who aligns his drivers with more oomf in the bass.


erik_squires

Showing 2 responses by murphythecat

long term, ive never been happy with 6 inch woofers. even if the bass at first is quite decent. tit has nothing to do with extension either. real bass need to move air

no replacement for displacement.


ive compared hundreds of speakers at this point, ive never heard any 6 inch 2 way sounds anything but a toy vs a pair of real Tannoy, JBL, or whatever big speaker. so you either drive a lawnmower or a ferrari, your choice

treating the room instead of trying to compensate the bad room with a limited speaker is the path to long term satisfaction ime

someone mentionned the alpair 12p, I loved my pair when i had them. but to say it has tremendous bass just goes to show how relative this hobby is. jbl l300 has tremendous bass, not alpair 12p