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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 5833206" data-attributes="member: 549629">It means subwoofer manufacturers finally got smart. Cars are not large to begin with in terms of mounting stereo cabinets in, and the trend has for them to get smaller and smaller. Hoffman&#039;s Iron Law tells us: efficiency, low freq extension, small enclosure... pick 2. So manufacturers started making subs to fit smaller enclosures (the original Kicker round solobaric pretty much started this trend), but this meant they miust either sacrifice low freq extension, or efficiency. Now you understand why subs are generally less efficient than they were a decade ago. It has nothing to do with build quality, or technology reverting backwards.Seems like I just explained this a couple weeks ago in the previous old vs new tech thread... that included the same Linear Power pictures, Jerk saying the same thing that pisses people off, and the same incorrect conclusions about subwoofer efficiency trends. Do you guys just not listen to each other, or do we all just like hearing ourselves talk this much?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 5833206, member: 549629"] It means subwoofer manufacturers finally got smart. Cars are not large to begin with in terms of mounting stereo cabinets in, and the trend has for them to get smaller and smaller. Hoffman's Iron Law tells us: efficiency, low freq extension, small enclosure... pick 2. So manufacturers started making subs to fit smaller enclosures (the original Kicker round solobaric pretty much started this trend), but this meant they miust either sacrifice low freq extension, or efficiency. Now you understand why subs are generally less efficient than they were a decade ago. It has nothing to do with build quality, or technology reverting backwards. Seems like I just explained this a couple weeks ago in the previous old vs new tech thread... that included the same Linear Power pictures, Jerk saying the same thing that pisses people off, and the same incorrect conclusions about subwoofer efficiency trends. Do you guys just not listen to each other, or do we all just like hearing ourselves talk this much? [/QUOTE]

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