Cabinet Question

Although I've seen a variation or two on cabinets, maybe with a reflex port and the odd mixed speaker arrangement, why is it not pretty standard to have a mixed speaker cabinet?

I think a stack generally consists of 8 x 12" speakers. Why would there not be some 12,s & 10,s for bass frequencies, 8's for midrange, and horns or something for high frequency sounds?

As compared to stereo speakers, we need a range of speakers to get full frequency playback. Why is this not done with guitar systems?

Just my guess...

A regular loudspeaker speaker has crossovers in it. I'm sure you know what those do. I don't think a guitar has enough of a dynamic frequency range to make running crossovers beneficial and or necessary.

Think about it. A loudspeaker has to deal with percussion, and bass. Those produce a lot of lower frequencies where separating those out and sending them to a bigger driver helps. This helps to clean up the midrange as well as keeps those lower frequencies out of the tweeter which could cause physical damage.


I got an idea.

How about you go make one and give us your results. :D

Originally Posted by: RickBlacker
I got an idea.

How about you go make one and give us your results. :D

If I had enough spare speakers, it would already be done! ;)

Excuses are like........