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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 7517711" data-attributes="member: 549629"><p>"Vas</p><p></p><p>Measured in litres (L) or cubic metres, is a measure of the 'stiffness' of the suspension with the driver mounted in free air. It represents the volume of air that has the same stiffness as the driver's suspension when acted on by a piston of the same area (Sd) as the cone. Larger values mean lower stiffness, and generally require larger enclosures. Vas varies with the square of the diameter. A typical factory tolerance for Vas spec is ±20–30%" - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiele/Small" target="_blank">Thiele/Small - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p>So a larger Vas means a looser suspension, and a looser suspension means (usually) a larger box. But as said by someone above, just looking at Vas in a vacuum (not considering other specs) will only serve to give false conclusions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 7517711, member: 549629"] "Vas Measured in litres (L) or cubic metres, is a measure of the 'stiffness' of the suspension with the driver mounted in free air. It represents the volume of air that has the same stiffness as the driver's suspension when acted on by a piston of the same area (Sd) as the cone. Larger values mean lower stiffness, and generally require larger enclosures. Vas varies with the square of the diameter. A typical factory tolerance for Vas spec is ±20–30%" - [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiele/Small"]Thiele/Small - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] So a larger Vas means a looser suspension, and a looser suspension means (usually) a larger box. But as said by someone above, just looking at Vas in a vacuum (not considering other specs) will only serve to give false conclusions. [/QUOTE]
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