15 or not 15? What do you think?

[BigRedX]

But the size and number of drivers in a cab are only part of the overall sound of the cab. Every cab I have ever owned has sounded different.

 

Even when I've owned cabs by different manufacturers that had the same combination of drivers in them they sounded very different. Not surprising really considering that the cabs were all different sizes and the drivers while being the same diameter had different technical specifications.

 

So why do we keep defining the sound of a cab by the number and size of drivers it contains?

[Stub Mandrel]

No love for 18" cabs? I used to have one when I started out.

 

Provably why I went to a pair of 2x12 cabs decades before most bassists!

 

 

[chris_b]

33 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

No love for 18" cabs? I used to have one when I started out.

 

 

Me too. A Vox Foundation. Worst bass sound in the world, by miles.

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

54 minutes ago, BigRedX said:

So why do we keep defining the sound of a cab by the number and size of drivers it contains?

The same reason why far too many define the performance of an amp by watts. 😉