The Bigger The Better

[Alpine2005 10+ year member]

someone once told me that the bigger the voice coil and magnet the better speaker/sub and also the bigger the cone surround

is this true?

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[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

in alot of cases,not all

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

someone once told me that the bigger the voice coil and magnet the better speaker/sub and also the bigger the cone surround
is this true?

No. No. And No.

Magnet size means absolutely nothing. Neo magnets for example. Extremely small, but extremely powerful.

Cone surround size means absolutely nothing.....other than the fact that too wide of a surround can eat up cone area, decreasing displacement (subsequently decreasing output).

Voice coil size; bigger isn't inherently better. If a 2" coil fits the criteria for a certain sub, there's no need to go up to 3". But, *in general*, the larger the coil size, the more thermal power handling a subwoofer has. There are some other techno-babble things going on with a different sized coil.....but having a bigger coil doesn't inherently make one sub better than the other.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

in alot of cases

Are you serious //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

NOT ALL I believe was the 2nd part of the quote

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

NOT ALL I believe was the 2nd part of the quote

But the "in alot of cases" was the very inaccurate part that needed attention.

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

depends on the sub. if its from a good company,it probably is suited with what it is INTENDED. I agree huge surrounds decrease cone area.as far as the magnet/voice coil question,for the way I think he is asking it, they seem to be large on the subs us here in this forum tend to buy. Does NOT mean smaller voice coil/magnet isnt just as good.

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

depends on what is better for you. sounds like which woofer is more massive is his question

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

someone once told me that the bigger the voice coil and magnet the better speaker/sub and also the bigger the cone surround
is this true?

Nope

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

depends on what is better for you. sounds like which woofer is more massive is his question

You're a moron.

NG

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

ya,I hope powerbass's xtreme drops down to a 45 oz magnet,and 1.5 inch voice coil,im sur i'll like it as much

 

[Polecat 5,000+ posts]

'most' cases, the larger magent structure is a WOW factor only....a large fat surround looks good, makes people think it has a huge Xmax, but not always, and also, when you have that much surround, you loose actual Sd...

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

as usual things taken out of text. I said NOT ALL cases. The question is quite open

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

as I said,I agree on the cone area/surround

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

You're a moron.
NG

This isn't out of context.

NG