what is a big speaker?


That is a stupid tittle, but what I am confused about is for example, I have large VMPS speakers wich employ 2 10 inch woofers and a 10 inch passive,with a 3inch by 48 in ribbon mid and 3 small tweeters, now the box is a pretty large coffin, but are 2 10 in woofers and the ribbon mid with the tweeters a truely large speaker when you break it all down?
And other then physical size, what makes a speaker too large for any room....if you dont listen at concert levels?
chadnliz
It is almost impossible to generalise in this way.

...other than physical size, what makes a speaker too large for any room..?

LF bass response, accuracy, SPL level and dynamic range should all be better with a big speaker (if driver quality is maintained).

However, a big speaker with several lower quality drivers can sound worse than a small speaker with a higher quality driver.

Since most speakers sound quite different at high versus low SPL levels; there is often an optimum level for a particular speaker. Typically, a small speaker may strain at high levels, which sounds dull and compressed in the bass and harsh in the mid range. Conversely, a large speaker may sound dull or lack clarity in the mid range at low levels.
A BIG speaker is usually generalised when your wife first looks at them for the first time and says, those are big speakers. Either they go or I do!
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