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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.


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There's no replacement for displacement.

You can get some very good low end with small drivers in a transmission line enclosure.  But you can't get level and transient response.   Can't do it.  

Which is why you want sub-woofers.  And not just one or two.  Each sub creates standing waves in a room.  So the frequency response is uneven throughout the room.  So what you want to do is to have multiple subs, so that their respective standing waves even things out in the room.   I have three subs for that reason.

If you want more level, you need bigger drivers.  If you don't need higher levels, you can get away with smaller drivers.  My subs have 10" drivers for instance, but with three of them, it meets my needs.
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