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Hi efficient speaker, bass problems

I know i'm going to take a severe tongue lashing for asking this question but . Is it me , whenever I hear low efficient speakers they don't seem to have a grip on the bass like less sensitive units ? The amount of bass is there , and some have good weight , and punch , but where is the control ?
tmsorosk
weseixas
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Dan does your horn system have bigger woofers than your Aerial?
weseixas
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OK tim ...
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atmasphere
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Weseixas, you wrote:

no one driver is going to go from 30-500+ hz IMO and still produce high sensitivity it would also produce 2 much distortion IMO.

I guess I take issue with this. The TAD driver I mentioned does exactly this range quite easily, and does do at 97 db. Yet it is quite fast and transparent.

But more recently I have heard some field-coil powered 15" drivers that are even faster and more transparent, and cover the same range yet are more like 98 or 99 db (without a horn). It is used in a speaker that got 'Best Sound at Show' in TAS' CES issue a couple of years ago.
weseixas
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But more recently I have heard some field-coil powered 15" drivers that are even faster and more transparent, and cover the same range yet are more like 98 or 99 db -Atmasphere

Interesting and thanks for the info and response

Regards,
dan_ed
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Wes, absolutely! :-)

The Aerials use a 10" woofer, and that damn port. The midbass has a 15" driver and the bass uses an 18" driver.

I understand that field coil works the best down on the low side. Some say it is the best bass possible. I haven't been fortunate to hear this yet, but I've heard that it is fast, dynamic, and detailed. And way above my paycheck. :-)
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