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What are the smallest speakers that are clean and flat down to 20hz?

Also what bass driver or drivers do they use?

Thanks.
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mapman OP
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moonglum that's very interesting.   Thank you for that.
ptss
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Trick Question.
Answer; there are no small speakers flat to 20 hz.
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richard_james
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Some towers actually play audible bass lower than some subs. Most subs will create air turbulence 18-28hz but nothing audible. Vienna beethoven go down pretty low. 25-26hz of very audible bass. I actually sold the sub after I got vienna beethovens. 
sunnyjim
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Check out the Neat Audio Iota Plus speaker recently reviewed in Stereophile this month by staffer Ken Micallef. 

However, careful,...... John Atkinson, the magazine's technical guru was disappointed by their " measured performance", and Micallef's enthusiasm for the product is somewhat over the top.  The speaker should do 40Hz cleanly and without boom, according to him.  Good Luck locating a Neat Audio dealer where you can audition them.   

BTW, the speakers are a midget floor stander at 17 inches tall  (on their 1.5 inch spikes). Interesting product,  but not inexpensive   

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bsmg
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The new small bookshelf size Watkins speaker (Bill Watkins invented the dual drive woofer used by Infinity in some of their high end models back in the day) will deliver full power down to 41Hz with flat, clean, and detailed response. This utilizes a 6-1/2" custom damped woofer. More info at www.watkinsstereo.com 
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