Re: 10" outperform 12" in small enclosure?


Large Farva wrote:

> >> What are your thoughts on this?

It really depends on how you define "outperform".

> >> I've got a Vox Valvetronix AD50 combo with 1 12" in a closed back. The
> >> stock chinese made Celestion sounds tinny with little bottom. I've got an
> >> Eminince Tonespotter on the way to replace it, but I had a thought..since
> >> the enclosure is rather smallish, could a 10" actually have more bottom
> >> end than a 12"?

I'd expect a well designed LF speaker with a decent excursion
ability and a low enough free air resonance (FAR) i.e. a 10"
hifi woofer would, but it's not going to get a very pleasing guitar
tone.

> >> Say the enclousre is choking the 12, would it be optimal for a 10"?

An EVM10 or a Force10 might do what you describe ...
but nothing will be optimal without being tuned.

> I might give Eminence a call, they don't list the Fs on their spec sheets.

Once in the cabinet the Fs numbers will only be useful
for plugging into TS calculations if you know the volume.

rd

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