Muthusami S
Member
Dear Friends,
Looking forward to your view points about the significance of woofer size in floorstanders. As suggested by my friend, I bought floorstanders with 12" woofers. But I found most of the popular brands use drivers max. of 10" and some brands use 2 bass drivers of 6.5" per channel. Also some brands use only one driver (instead of woofer, mid range, and tweeter) in big floorstanders. Some home theater box units claim 300W RMS ouput using 4" woofers!
Using higher size drivers, will increase the sound quality? For example, for 150W RMS output, if 12" driver is used instead of 10", will the sound quality improve? Or the sound quality purely depends on the quality of driver material used, crossover, and how the cabinet is designed, irrespective of the driver size.
Please share your views.
Regards,
Muthusami. S
Looking forward to your view points about the significance of woofer size in floorstanders. As suggested by my friend, I bought floorstanders with 12" woofers. But I found most of the popular brands use drivers max. of 10" and some brands use 2 bass drivers of 6.5" per channel. Also some brands use only one driver (instead of woofer, mid range, and tweeter) in big floorstanders. Some home theater box units claim 300W RMS ouput using 4" woofers!
Using higher size drivers, will increase the sound quality? For example, for 150W RMS output, if 12" driver is used instead of 10", will the sound quality improve? Or the sound quality purely depends on the quality of driver material used, crossover, and how the cabinet is designed, irrespective of the driver size.
Please share your views.
Regards,
Muthusami. S