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There is no substitute for cubic inch or in this case surface area

After listening to quite a few speakers, my conclusion is that if you want large enveloping soundstage, you need a lot of drivers.  

I once had a speaker with two 12in. drivers and the soundstage is just floating in the air.  None of my other speakers could do that.

Currently I have a pair of Thiel CS2.4.  It is a very good speaker but with small drivers there is really limitation to what it can do in term of soundstage size.  I really miss that.

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unreceivedogma
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My main towers are 15” Altec 604C coaxial. 

My sub is the floor firing 15” Velodyne. 

Imho in order to project authority, you need to move a lot of air. 

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toddalin
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...And then some.

https://youtu.be/iGa9259pz-I

kraftwerkturbo
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How does sound stage and woofer size go together? I thought that is more a characteristic of mids and highs. 

I think of multiple small woofers only in the sense of how HIGH they can go. Given the same volume (moved air), the key to me is that I can run an 8 woofer much higher than a 12", potentially allowing a much simpler 2 way crossover with all the potential negative impacts from any part in the signal path. 

What I don't know is if (given the same air move volume) if four 8 inchers can reach as far down as a 12" (SPL at low frequencies, and resonance frequency). 

jon_5912
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Directionality increases with frequency.  Larger midranges will be more directional so placement matters more.  My experience has been that I prefer speakers with a smaller midrange.  They tend to have more even in-room responses.

cdc
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At face value 12 inch drivers will put out a bigger soundstage than 3 inch drivers.  

 

@bassbuyer can you explain this please?

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