Large 15" woofers don’t have to do higher frequencies and are never required to operate as fast as a tweeter! Duh. Face Palm. However they do reproduce bass frequencies orders of magnitude better than small 6 or 8" woofers. Those who would deny this are just drinking maketing BS. Clearly some people are unaware of the physics of a large surface area vs a small one and the Xmax (linear) limitations of voice coil travel.
Slow bass or poor PRAT is a combination of poor timing alignment, poor frequency response balance between mids tweeter and woofer, as well as resonant Q tuning and port tuning of the box. A dip in the mid range will reduce bass punch. High Q systems resonate and make the bass "hum" or sound "blurred" rather than "punch". Exceeding Xmax or a long voice coil in a short magnetic gap means non linear response, excessive compression from heat and a dull boomy smeared bass. Dull boomy smeared bass is what most 6 or 8 inch woofers with cheap 1 inch voice coils do! A 15" woofer with a 3 or 4" voice coil is a much better design, as far as audio fidelity is concerned at LOW frequencies. Of course you can’t expect a 15 inch woofer to even begin to do the mid range like a 6 inch can. 6 inch is a monitor or toy size when it comes to bass and 15" is professional.
You simply can NOT find a reputable studio with large main monitors that have 6 inch woofers and there is a good reason you can’t! So please stop repeating the marketing BS about fast small toy sized woofers!
Slow bass or poor PRAT is a combination of poor timing alignment, poor frequency response balance between mids tweeter and woofer, as well as resonant Q tuning and port tuning of the box. A dip in the mid range will reduce bass punch. High Q systems resonate and make the bass "hum" or sound "blurred" rather than "punch". Exceeding Xmax or a long voice coil in a short magnetic gap means non linear response, excessive compression from heat and a dull boomy smeared bass. Dull boomy smeared bass is what most 6 or 8 inch woofers with cheap 1 inch voice coils do! A 15" woofer with a 3 or 4" voice coil is a much better design, as far as audio fidelity is concerned at LOW frequencies. Of course you can’t expect a 15 inch woofer to even begin to do the mid range like a 6 inch can. 6 inch is a monitor or toy size when it comes to bass and 15" is professional.
You simply can NOT find a reputable studio with large main monitors that have 6 inch woofers and there is a good reason you can’t! So please stop repeating the marketing BS about fast small toy sized woofers!