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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 2719332" data-attributes="member: 549629">Cliff notes are, a square cone&#039;s corners are further from the center where the force is exerted on the cone, so more stress is applied to the cone in the corners than is in between the corners on the flat part of the cone&#039;s edge. Unever stress along the cone&#039;s edge means a natural tendency to want to disform under heavy use. Speaker manufacturers combat this by molding ribs into the cones at crucial points to stiffen them. This has a drawback however, added moving mass.But Kicker seems to have a pretty winning square design, its lasting the test of time. I simply prefer, and this is a personal preference of course, a round cone that does not have any uneven stress concerns. If I want more cone area, I&#039;ll simply up-size to the next sized larger round cone (assuming Im not already looking at 18&#039;s). But for many people, the square shape works out well.edit: And its not stupid to ask this question. Far too few people ask about it, and far too many people assume or take advice from the wrong source. However, using the board&#039;s search function next time will likely yield you more results, faster. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 2719332, member: 549629"] Cliff notes are, a square cone's corners are further from the center where the force is exerted on the cone, so more stress is applied to the cone in the corners than is in between the corners on the flat part of the cone's edge. Unever stress along the cone's edge means a natural tendency to want to disform under heavy use. Speaker manufacturers combat this by molding ribs into the cones at crucial points to stiffen them. This has a drawback however, added moving mass. But Kicker seems to have a pretty winning square design, its lasting the test of time. I simply prefer, and this is a personal preference of course, a round cone that does not have any uneven stress concerns. If I want more cone area, I'll simply up-size to the next sized larger round cone (assuming Im not already looking at 18's). But for many people, the square shape works out well. edit: And its not stupid to ask this question. Far too few people ask about it, and far too many people assume or take advice from the wrong source. However, using the board's search function next time will likely yield you more results, faster. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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