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Diffarence between BASSBIN & SUBWOOFER

Aneesh@4GHz

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Hi guys,
Wats the difference between a bassbin and a subwoofer,Which one is more powerfull?


Thanks
 
subwoofer, a speaker, consisiting of a large woofer or more, thatd designed to play low frequencies.

bass bin, a subnwoofer, consisiting of large woofer or more, that is enclosed in a horn cabinet, to output higher SPL, and improve its efficiency, hence the horn which helps to outputs much lower frequncy. (useful, for very large outdoor venues.)
 
u dont use Xover on a bass bin or a speaker.

the whole use of xover is to split the audio spectrum, so that speakers play the frequencys they can handle, or the ones that they were designed for.

i.e u have a 2 speakers with a bass bin. u then xover at a certain freqnecy so that the the higher freqeuncies are played by the speakers, while the lower end is played by the sub.