SUBWoofer vs. Woofer

[Cal Weldon]

I think that any correlation between frequencies a speaker is capable of and its designation as being a sub-woofer or woofer have probably long since been lost to the marketing people....

Bingo!

I mean would you really call this tangband driver a subwoofer???

No but it is a heck of a woofer. I use them as the LFT's in a pair of bi-amped 4 ways and love them.

6.5" with a resonant freq of 38Hz somehow I don't think so. It would appear to me that anything with Long Throw is now considered by the marketing dept to be a subwoofer...

True but now you're just repeating what was said earlier in the thread. C'mon Tony you have to come up with your own points, quit stealing mine. 😀

Cheers.

 

[wintermute]

Imitation is the highest form of flattery Cal 😉

I'd actually been avoiding looking at "sub-woofer" designated drivers for use as woofers, but after your comment on the TB Cal I might need to revise that 🙂 It is possible that throw aside, it is purely a form of market segmentation as well.

Tony.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Tony,
When I said it makes a good woofer I should clarify that. It does a nice job of covering the low end but does require a separate amp to drive it. It really can't be used as a standard woofer unless you have some ridiculously insensitive (is that a word?) mids and or tweets. As mentioned I use it in a bi-amped 4 way.