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<blockquote data-quote="dragonrage" data-source="post: 7219832" data-attributes="member: 574321">Well, the primary specs are going to be Vd (volumetric displacement, which is determined with Sd and Xmax) and long term RMS power handling.Then you need to look at the frequency range, which is hard to do because it&#039;s determined by many factors such as Fs (resonant frequency, limits the low end), Le (voice coil inductance, limits the high end), box size/design, etc.Then there&#039;s the question of distortion, which is even harder to figure out without measuring...If you&#039;re giving something a certain amount of power without hitting the max of the the driver then another important spec is sensitivity, for it determines how much sound you&#039;re going to get per watt. A 91dB 1W/1m speaker @ 1000W is going to be as powerful as an 88dB 1W/1m speaker @ 2000W. Power is FAR from everything.Designing a speaker system is quite a complex task.FWIW, Fi BTL specs quite a high sensitivity, as does the AA Mayhem. Not sure what else has both high sensitivity and high Vd/power handling. Peerless XLS and XXLS have high sensitivity but can&#039;t touch the other mentioned stuff in either Vd OR power handling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dragonrage, post: 7219832, member: 574321"] Well, the primary specs are going to be Vd (volumetric displacement, which is determined with Sd and Xmax) and long term RMS power handling. Then you need to look at the frequency range, which is hard to do because it's determined by many factors such as Fs (resonant frequency, limits the low end), Le (voice coil inductance, limits the high end), box size/design, etc. Then there's the question of distortion, which is even harder to figure out without measuring... If you're giving something a certain amount of power without hitting the max of the the driver then another important spec is sensitivity, for it determines how much sound you're going to get per watt. A 91dB 1W/1m speaker @ 1000W is going to be as powerful as an 88dB 1W/1m speaker @ 2000W. Power is FAR from everything. Designing a speaker system is quite a complex task. FWIW, Fi BTL specs quite a high sensitivity, as does the AA Mayhem. Not sure what else has both high sensitivity and high Vd/power handling. Peerless XLS and XXLS have high sensitivity but can't touch the other mentioned stuff in either Vd OR power handling. [/QUOTE]

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