The Last Note
SPEAKER CONES EXPLAINED
Many of us find it difficult to understand the roles of different speakers. Dan Veall is here to help us out...
Dan Veall is a session and stage bass player, educator and gear expert and is here to answer your questions. Contact: @DanVeallBassist
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elcome! The humble speaker cabinet comes in all different shapes and sizes, from PA systems at front of house, floor monitors, our bass guitar cabinets and hi-fi, among many others. They all perform specific roles, with modern pro-audio manufactured to exacting standards to ensure the highest performance.
Come on, Veall, surely they’re all just boxes with speakers inside them?
No sir! The world of speaker and cabinet design is governed by some fairly complex parameters. Any well-designed system will have its drivers supporting the sound they make. Done badly, speaker design can leave the sound unbalanced, incoherent or, in the case of multi-way speakers, detached from one another.