greiswig
Power User
I wonder if that's entirely accurate. Larger speakers (all other things being equal) ought to find it easier to reproduce low frequencies. When I think of "flubbing out," I kind of equate that with how on some Fenders the speaker tries to reproduce low frequencies (neck pickup, high volume) but starts to physically distort because it just can't do it.In general, larger speakers are more likely to flub out than smaller speakers.
I wonder if a lot of what leads to the perception here is because designers of cabinets with smaller drivers put in a low-cut filter to prevent the speaker from even really trying to reproduce those lows, and we hear that as 'a good thing' because it is masking too much bass in our output signal anyway?
I recently went through all my main presets and in the cab block put a 6dB/octave filter on the bass side set to 333Hz...(easier to type, and a starting point based on my experience transferring to larger systems with subs), then modified it a bit as needed. But through my studio monitors and my EV's, I can still get a pretty full sound without feeling like I'm stepping into the bassist's end of the swimming pool.
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