by GlassWolf » Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:48 am
Airforceyooper wrote:I don't know if it's just me, where I was living at the time or what, but I seem to remember a time when 500 watts and a pair of 12"s was big buisness. These days it's 15"s, 18"s and 1,500-2,000 watts. Maybe we're all just going deaf. lol.
back then, we didn't have the big class D amplifiers we have now. Everything was class AB, and expensive.
Also, we lacked the speaker design technology we have now, too. We didn't have the motor designs and excursion that today's subs offer.
[quote="Airforceyooper"]I don't know if it's just me, where I was living at the time or what, but I seem to remember a time when 500 watts and a pair of 12"s was big buisness. These days it's 15"s, 18"s and 1,500-2,000 watts. Maybe we're all just going deaf. lol.[/quote]
back then, we didn't have the big class D amplifiers we have now. Everything was class AB, and expensive.
Also, we lacked the speaker design technology we have now, too. We didn't have the motor designs and excursion that today's subs offer.