[geoff]

On 22/04/2019 12:33 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:


And anyway, the lowest string on the bass guitar is what... 65 Hz or so?
No need for extension much below that.... but a serious need for flat response
in the octave above it.


The (reasonably common) 5-string basses have a low-B fundamental of
approx 31Hz.

I have a 4x10" Acme Low-B4 cabinet that has useful output at that
frequency. (And the stressed-ply cabinet gives and amazingly quiet
'donk' when you rap it with knuckles, unlike many other similarly
purposed cabinets that sound more like a cornflake box. But that's all
bye-the-bye ....)

Lower frequencies are also beneficial for some styles of bass playing
that include percussive slapping effects. Not to mention bass synths ...

But it -was- really big, and popular with people who were compensating for
insufficient genital size. It's a wonder that something like that is not
being made today for the car audio industry.

Also larger cones more difficult to avoid cone breakup distortion when
trying to push at higher levels and/or higher frequencies.

geoff