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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.


erik_squires
prof
3,491 posts
 

Yep, Erik.

As an owner of the Joseph Audio Perspective speakers I know what you are talking about.  Their (even smaller) dual 5.5" long-throw woofers continue to blow me away, often seeming to sound even deeper and punchier than the big Thiel 3.7s the replaced (3 way with 10" woofers).

As John Atkinson, a man not unfamiliar with the performance of many speakers, said in his review of the Perspective2:

----  "When the kickdrum was doubled with synth dropped-bass notes, I was astonished by how much clean, low-frequency energy four 5.5" woofers could pump into my room. " -------
kenjit
1,771 posts
 
I was astonished by how much clean, low-frequency energy four 5.5" woofers could pump into my room.

yeh right. And he would be even more astonished if i replaced those small woofers with 12 inch woofers. 


theaudiotweak
2,801 posts
 
Read the 3rd party test reports..does your 'Puter reach Europe and the Netherlands? Tom
erik_squires OP
16,537 posts
 
and erik is wrong again.

A 6.5 inch woofer must not do bass. Its too small. You need big 15 inch woofers to do bass. And doing bass and mids is a horrible compromise. Erik is all wrong.



I've got the measurements that illustrate and prove my thesis.  You've got two hands holding air.

prof
3,491 posts
 
yeh right. And he would be even more astonished if i replaced those small woofers with 12 inch woofers.


You really don't understand what's going on (or the point) do you?
It's sort of amazing.

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