From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Sun Jun 22 07:01:19 2003
Subject:Re: Leslies with 12" Woofers

The main reason you won't see 18" speakers and fewer
15"s is that that they're trying to keep as much low
end from rolling around the floor as possible. It
keeps things like mics and mic stands from resonating
and creating rumble and other pesky monitor problems.
As most folks are using in-ears anyway, it's a moot
point. You're only using your amp onstage as a
monitor, not powering the room (except in really small
circumstances).

T
--- Chuck Hasley wrote:
> Most of that ultra low signal is lost in the mix
> anyway.
> Try listening to an 18" speaker sometime with no
> high end speakers to
> round out the frequencies.
> It pretty much sucks. Go to any concert these days
> and look for the
> 18"s. Not there.
> But the low end sure is.
> Or even better-listen to a sound system that uses
> 18's if you can
> find one. Turn the crossover down so that there are
> no highs or mids
> in the system. What you get is garbage and not at
> all nice sounding
> and very weak. That's why most pro players these
> days shy away from
> 15's and 18's. They simple don't produce a clean
> bottom end. The
> bottom end they might possibly lose is completely
> lost in the mix.
> So those few low frequencies are meaningless anyway
> when compared to
> the tight low end you get with 12's. When they do
> show up most of
> the engineers have them compressed so the lows don't
> flop around in
> the mix.
> I've heard quited a few 4x12 cabinets and if they
> are fooling my ears
> then they are doing a darn good job and then what's
> the use of using
> a 15 or 18 anyway.
> CH
>
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