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Wannes,
If you want good explanations of the dynamics of speakers, there are two web
sites that
offer interesting (and often conflicting) views:
www.tone-lizard.com/LESSON_INDEX.htm
www.webervst.com/sptalk.html
The first debunks many of the myths involving tube amps; the second is an info
site that is
very frank written by Ted Weber, who has made a concerted study of vintage
speaker
design (and, incidentally, makes great speakers).
Good reading for speaker tweakers! The argument about AlNiCo speakers is
especially
interesting, as the two experts are completely opposite on the merits of
magnets.
--- In , "mono_tones_1" <rockverb@h...> wrote:
>
> Man, I enjoy this thread.
>
> I love the point Dave made about different speakers doin'different
> things, and they all have their pro's and con's. that's why i brought
> it up, because I was considering different speaker configs for the
> two guitars to get them transparent in the mix.
>
> I was set straight about the math. doh! I used to be pretty good at
> this stuf, but it's been 15 years since high-school. shame on me.
> great stuff all you mathguys.
>
> great point about the cone-shape. I'd guess centre-coil size would
> matter too.
> Well, here is somthing that puzzles me. If you consider that the
> speaker will move air in an angle 90 degrees from its surface,
> wouldn't the air movements of one side of the centre and the ones
> from the other side interfere, and hence partly cancel out in some
> frequencies, and amplify in others? would this determine frequency
> response in speakers? My guess would be all the variables (cone size,
> coil siz, cone depth) come into play here.
> And, what I've always wondered about, does the same thing a pply to
> those 4x12" bassman cabs were the speakers are placed in angles
> towards each other? did anyone calculate that design or was that
> experiment?
>
> Man, I might be losing it.
>
> wannes
