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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1408372297' post='2529526']
Nominal diameter of a driver tells you nothing about tone - i.e. a 15" driver is not necessarily 'bassier' than a 12" driver and a 10" driver is not necessarily 'punchier' than a 12" driver. And so on.

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And again, this is where it gets misleading or confusing as not all makers think the same.
They may well design their cabs with a certain bias...so as far as they go..all of their range may well
adhere to larger the chassis, the bassier they sound.
You may as well..to all intents and purposes 'expect' bigger is bassier to be true because often
they are. The fact that they needn't be so, is not normally a convention people always deviate from.
10's aren't used in subs mostly because ..?? and 18's aren't used anywhere else because..?

So, it isn't wrong to assume 15's are typically bassier than 12's, 10's or 8 because this is mostly
the thinking of the majority of cab makers anyway.
It is simpler that way... but not gospel either.

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There are some vids with Billy Sheehan talking on the subject of the comparison of 10s and 15s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk5GmMYZ1QI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOh4S4FsRIg

But, as he says, he's not a sound engineer, but it's interesting.

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[quote name='Grangur' timestamp='1408375449' post='2529572']
There are some vids with Billy Sheehan talking on the subject of the comparison of 10s and 15s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk5GmMYZ1QI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOh4S4FsRIg

But, as he says, he's not a sound engineer, but it's interesting.
[/quote]I've just watched the vids, Sheehan [size=4]'s one amazing bass player, I've nothing else [/size]complimentary[size=4] to say.[/size]

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I can't agree with all of Sheehan's explanations (you won't get speakers out of phase unless you wire them incorrectly or use exceedingly long lengths of connecting wire for some but not others inside the cabinet) but I like his bass, is that fingerboard scalloped above the 12th fret on the G and D?

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