The woofer is so little and the cabinet is so big–whats up with that?
Physics. The trend in the world of powered subwoofers is to have big numbers out of small cabinets, and it doesn’t matter what happens to acheive that end. Thus you have many “audiophile” subwoofers pumping out dirty, overly EQ’d bass. In reality, if you want clean bass, you have to have the cabinet size to allow for sufficient loading of the woofer cone–that’s the physics part. I chose the 10″ Peerless woofer partly to fly in the face of the current trends, and partly because it’s simply an excellent driver. Moreover, the amp section, while putting out “only” 175 watts RMS, is more than enough to drive the woofer right to its limits and beyond. Thus the ideal situation occurs: a powered subwoofer with enough power and enough cabinet size to produce clean, low bass. It just isn’t much fun to have to carry into your room.
