Quote of the year (so far)

[dug dog]

OK. It's still very early in the year, but as a guy who's spent a great deal of time trying to understand the ins and outs of loudspeaker design, this is cracking me up hard.

" Ask your girlfriend if size matters. The same answer applies to drivers." - Bill Fitzmaurice.

Could this be Bill's best work ever?

Here's the original thread for those who are interested.

18 inch cab

[JimmyM]

well it would be the best quote of the year, except if you asked my wife, she would tell you that size does matter.

thank you.

[dug dog]

LOL.

[trevcda]

Yeah, I can't stand a big vi-jay-jay.

[R Baer]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

well it would be the best quote of the year, except if you asked my wife, she would tell you that size does matter.

thank you.

But she stays with you anyways, Jimmy. She must really love you!

[Munjibunga]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

well it would be the best quote of the year, except if you asked my wife, she would tell you that size does matter.

thank you.

I think that was Bill's point.

[Passinwind]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

well it would be the best quote of the year, except if you asked my wife, she would tell you that size does matter.

Yep, she just said that again a minute ago. How's yer gig Jimmy?

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by Munjibunga

I think that was Bill's point.

bill always says speaker size doesn't matter but the way it's built that's im...

you know, if i didn't know better, i'd swear that was a shot.

[babebambi]

... oh please don't go into the relationship between size and dispersion , lol

[Derek Kiernan]

I hear smaller drivers with equal displacement can more evenly fill a space

[Plstrns]

Originally Posted by Derek Kiernan

I hear smaller drivers with equal displacement can more evenly fill a space

So multiple drivers? In, or out of phase?

[Derek Kiernan]

If it can take a higher wattage amp, I'm sure you can get away with using a single driver, but the experts would have to weigh in on the best options available.

[superdick2112]

Originally Posted by Derek Kiernan

I hear smaller drivers with equal displacement can more evenly fill a space

I don't know about the "filling the space" claim, but my Phil Jones cabs (8-T top & 16-B bottom cab) with a total of twenty-four 5" drivers have amazing transient response, and they do seem to project sound further back than my old 4x10" + 1-15" setup did. Other than the brutal weight, I love my PJB cabs. The highs are very natural sounding (no tweeters or horns), and the low end shakes the stage like a pair of 18" speakers without the mud.
I suspect that some players who rely on the sonic signatures of their 15" and 10" speakers would need to adjust to them.

[xjeremiahx]

so what we're saying is that if we're using a smaller driver...it may be better to use a few and stack them vertical?

[Deluge Of Sound]

It's not the three inches that hurt, its the three hundred pounds watts behind it.

[superdick2112]

xjeremiahx, take a look at these...

http://www.philjonespuresound.com/products/?id=98

[MAMMOTHvolume]

Originally Posted by superdick2112

xjeremiahx, take a look at these...

http://www.philjonespuresound.com/products/?id=98

haha how are you completely missing the innuendos?

[superdick2112]

Look again - 24-5" speakers getting slammed by 800 watts makes the drivers throb & pound in & out like pistons! I rarely mix bass porn with other types, but there have been exceptions....

btw, the cabs really do sound fantastic. And they do throb. And pound. And pulsate.

[Blacksack]

keep telling yourselves size doesnt matter
i've got massive drivers there so big my mrs complains when i try to force em in through the back door

[codycaz]

Originally Posted by Blacksack

keep telling yourselves size doesnt matter
i've got massive drivers there so big my mrs complains when i try to force em in through the back door

HAhahaha, LMAO.