whats the difference
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Topic: whats the difference
Posted By: skylark
Subject: whats the difference
Date Posted: January 20, 2004 at 10:09 PM
whats the difference between compression pistion style subs and regular subs what hits harder i notice the compression subs cost more so that must mean they hit harder right or wrong
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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: January 21, 2004 at 10:28 AM
Compression piston subs use a flat driver "cone" instead of the convex cone in a traditional woofer and a different type of voice coil. Compression drivers have been used for years in professional sound reinforcement for high-frequency horn speakers. As low-frequency drivers, they have recently come into vogue because of their relatively high efficiency and relatively high output levels. They are pure SPL drivers, IMO, as they are not very precise and tend to have lots of noise in higher (ie: unintended) frequencies. They're good for boom, bad for music. In my opinon, that is.
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