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Posted by krisjan (R) on September 22, 2014 at 13:06:47

In Reply to: Weight of speakers posted by middleground on September 22, 2014 at 12:18:53:

Most manufacturers design with maximally inert cabinets as a goal which is normally correlated with high mass. However, speakers like the Spendor SP1/2 factor in wall flex as part of the design goal and therefore they don't have the mass one would expect for an inert cabinet of that size. As a former owner of SP 1/2's, I'd say they were quite successful with that approach. I might still have them except that they did not do the bottom octave very well and I could never get a good match with a subwoofer. My current Vandy 3A Sigs use the inert cabinet approach and have much higher mass than the Spendors (and better low bass).

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Topic - Weight of speakers - middleground 12:18:53 09/22/14 (18)

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