What pushes more air...?

[Cirk]

Manufacturers should measure cabinets with a SPL meter across fequencies, from 1w up through burnout. Better them than the consumer.

You'd see that after so much power goes in the bass just doesn't get any louder.

At least they should do MAX SPL and power needed to reach MAX SPL.

And of course include polar charts for dispersion.

+1 on this. You're absolutely right, but amp manufacturers would not do this because of that whole sales thing - the fine art of smoke, mirrors, and BS. Pay no attention to the mouse behind the curtain. NARF!

 

[alexclaber]

99% of customers aren't good at interpreting plots. And that includes many that think they do draw the correct conclusions. Volume displacement in cc on the other hand makes sense to anyone once the basic concept has been explained.

 

[f.c.geil]

I hate to break the news to you, but you all got it wrong!

My wife pushes more air...

 

[thejumpcat]

St. Johns! I used to be a newspaper editor there. Still do the Mint Festival?

 

[f.c.geil]

Yup, every year! Just finished it last weekend, actually, and had another great turnout notwithstanding the rain.

 

[Joe Louvar]

A 4x10 or two 15s?

I don't know - but I like 15's.

 

[AdamJames306]

I don't know - but I like 15's.

Best answer yet.

 

[MikeBass]

A 4x10 or two 15s?

Yes.

 

[madmachinist]

i suppose if you just want to "push air", a 15"subwoofer with
an x-max of +/- 30mm can push lots of air . loaded into a
Jensen Imperial horn , driven by a big Crown or QSC ,
you'd be creating a mini-gale indeed .

i doubt it would sound good for Bass guitar purposes...
(unless it were accompanied by several cabs of 10" x-d over
speakers )

and would be a bitch to gig with without Lou Ferrigno and/or
a forklift truck.

 

[billfitzmaurice]

I'd like manufacturers to replace their usual speaker configuration and power centric naming/marketing approach with one that's focused on volume displacement. It's a simple number in cubic centimetres and is so much more useful than all the other stuff when you play bass.

+1. An off used phrase to describe the capabilities of low frequency speakers is There's no replacement for displacement. But where finding out the displacement of electric bass cabs is concerned it's like playing at Where's Waldo?