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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 616715" data-attributes="member: 549629">Im going to answer anyway, since you seem to think Im falling into some incorrect means of thinking here. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif All other things being equal (as I said in my first post), more cone will equal more output. Or are you suggesting a 15&quot; XXX (for example) wont be any louder than a 12&quot; XXX using the same amp/power? The idea isn&#039;t false, your attempt to debunk it with your extreme example (500 woofers at 1 watt) is what&#039;s false. Perhaps in some world where someone would want to hook up 500 woofers with 1 watt, you might be correct. But here on Earth where we usually are comparing more realistics terms, more cone area will equal more output (again, all other factors being equal).Lastly, Im not at all positive 1 woofer with 500 watts would be louder than 500 woofers with 1 watt each. Due to power compression, efficiency, heat loss (all of the above) every watt you add is less effective than the previous watt. In other words, you&#039;ll get more work out of your first 500 watts than you will out of each addition 500 watts you add. The difference in output from 1 watt to 501 watts is greater than from 501 to 1001, etc. This past weekend I had the opportunity to listen to a friend&#039;s home stereo that incuded his home made tube amp. It was 8 watts per channel RMS to 2 channels. It did not rattle the windows, but it got surprisingly loud. Pipe 50 watts to those speakers, sure it&#039;ll get louder, but not on the same scale as the wattage increase. I think its quite likely the 500 subs with 1 watt each would be (considerably) louder than the single woofer with 500 watts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 616715, member: 549629"] Im going to answer anyway, since you seem to think Im falling into some incorrect means of thinking here. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] All other things being equal (as I said in my first post), more cone will equal more output. Or are you suggesting a 15" XXX (for example) wont be any louder than a 12" XXX using the same amp/power? The idea isn't false, your attempt to debunk it with your extreme example (500 woofers at 1 watt) is what's false. Perhaps in some world where someone would want to hook up 500 woofers with 1 watt, you might be correct. But here on Earth where we usually are comparing more realistics terms, more cone area will equal more output (again, all other factors being equal). Lastly, Im not at all positive 1 woofer with 500 watts would be louder than 500 woofers with 1 watt each. Due to power compression, efficiency, heat loss (all of the above) every watt you add is less effective than the previous watt. In other words, you'll get more work out of your first 500 watts than you will out of each addition 500 watts you add. The difference in output from 1 watt to 501 watts is greater than from 501 to 1001, etc. This past weekend I had the opportunity to listen to a friend's home stereo that incuded his home made tube amp. It was 8 watts per channel RMS to 2 channels. It did not rattle the windows, but it got surprisingly loud. Pipe 50 watts to those speakers, sure it'll get louder, but not on the same scale as the wattage increase. I think its quite likely the 500 subs with 1 watt each would be (considerably) louder than the single woofer with 500 watts. [/QUOTE]

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