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Why You Shouldnt Play Vocals Through A Sub


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subs are much larger and heavier thereby designed to play low notes easier. the amount of power it takes to move a subs cone quickly enough for vocals is too much for the amount the sub is moving. therefore the coil will burn due to lack of cooling because the cone doesnt move enough.

plus it sounds like ass

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well put...

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i think 8's are as big of a sub that will be able to handle vocals but still has to be playin bass to, just words wont work right, i got my 8's set on low pass but when i set em to flat they play vocals n bass just fine but if u cross em over to high it sounds like pure ass, only reason not to is like he stated cone moveing really slow creates backpressure in the former n alows air to flow threw but when just vocals(no bass) is played they will over heat, but most ppl will look at selinums thinkin there subs but there pa mids that dont move no more than 4mm period so there good for vocals, but if u play vocals and bass threw subs over 10'' the diff tones all over the place will make it work to hard n burn up, it will try to play low,mid, n high bass notes were its only susposto play low bass around 150htz down, so i wouldn't risk it thats what they got mids n highs for

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plus break down the word...sub-woofer

sub-below

it plays below what a woofer plays...being bass

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Way too much moving mass = sounds like shit.

Size and excursion have nothing to do with it. Have you guys ever seen a 15" PA 'woofer' (probably playing up to like 1.5khz at least)

A lot of it is to do with the moving mass relative to the strength of the motor...

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the technical reason , is the voice coil acts as a natural cross over, the voice coil is an inductor, just like in a passive cross over, they are rated not just in Ohms, but in Milihenries, the higher the number in mH, the lower the frequency response

and the weight of the cone is another factor, but even if the weight of the cone was 1 gram, it will still have that natural 6db slope, or whatever it is

but the coil, and the MMS kind of work together on this, in there own ways

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the technical reason , is the voice coil acts as a natural cross over, the voice coil is an inductor, just like in a passive cross over, they are rated not just in Ohms, but in Milihenries, the higher the number in mH, the lower the frequency response

and the weight of the cone is another factor, but even if the weight of the cone was 1 gram, it will still have that natural 6db slope, or whatever it is

but the coil, and the MMS kind of work together on this, in there own ways

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