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<blockquote data-quote="Immacomputer" data-source="post: 5060193" data-attributes="member: 570419">Low frequency response is not directly related to cone area. A 15&quot; driver in a small sealed box could give you the &quot;punchier&quot; bass sound and not have much low frequency extension. You could also make 8s have a very low frequency response (rivaling that of larger diameter drivers) and a very laid back or mellow sound. It&#039;s all in the driver and enclosure design, not cone area.Putting two different speakers in the same environment playing the same frequency range will almost always leave you with a sound that could have been better off using two of the same type drivers. This doesn&#039;t mean the sound will &quot;cancel out&quot; like people so love to say, but rather that the wave interaction could have positive effects or negative effects. This could leave your frequency response with dips or peaks. The alignment of each driver will also affect the final result of the sound as the alignment will affect the phase of the sound and two different alignments could have two very different phase responses. It could be louder or it might not but what is undeniable is that your overall quality of sound will be reduced.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immacomputer, post: 5060193, member: 570419"] Low frequency response is not directly related to cone area. A 15" driver in a small sealed box could give you the "punchier" bass sound and not have much low frequency extension. You could also make 8s have a very low frequency response (rivaling that of larger diameter drivers) and a very laid back or mellow sound. It's all in the driver and enclosure design, not cone area. Putting two different speakers in the same environment playing the same frequency range will almost always leave you with a sound that could have been better off using two of the same type drivers. This doesn't mean the sound will "cancel out" like people so love to say, but rather that the wave interaction could have positive effects or negative effects. This could leave your frequency response with dips or peaks. The alignment of each driver will also affect the final result of the sound as the alignment will affect the phase of the sound and two different alignments could have two very different phase responses. It could be louder or it might not but what is undeniable is that your overall quality of sound will be reduced. [/QUOTE]

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