Does size matter????

[Deamonicus 10+ year member]

Hahahaha not what you are thinking. I'm talking about magnet size. I had an inexpensive set of Cadence component speakers in my doors. Well I didn't like the way they sounded so I bought a pair of Polk DB 6750 components. When I got the Polks they looked pretty good. Well the Cadence has a magnet about 3x the size of the polk. Also the cone on the mid looks to be bigger. I ended up hooking up the drivers side with the polk and the passenger side has the cadence. Maybe it's because it's a new speaker but the polk seems to sound better. A little more base and cleaner. Anybody have experience with either brand?

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[netherland24 5,000+ posts]

i like the polks for affordable speakers love them. never herd cadence/

 

[imaspaceguy90 10+ year member]

Magnet size doesnt matter, XMAX, Wattage, and quality, Volfenhag have huge magnets on there woofers, but id tak e a cerwin vega stroker any dya ove rionew, even tho the magnet smaller, the cerwin will prolly me 20 times louder.

 

[Raven 10+ year member]

It's true a woofer can only do so much with an amount of magnetic force. It's true that a bigger magnet can make more force to drive a woofer. It's NOT true that a speaker with a 2lb magnet is immediately better than one with a 1lb magnet.

Like imaspaceguy90 said, companies like Volfenhag, Audiopipe, Audiobahn, Pyramid, etc will intentionally add more magnet than the driver needs. That magnet doesn't do anything- it's just wasted material.