Originally Posted by
steve-z
I’m afraid I have to disagree with you on that one, small drivers are very capable of producing deep bass in the right setup
True!
Anybody in doubt, look up the ancient 'Daline' speaker design. It sported a five inch KEF B110 driver and could reach down to 30Hz (with reduced amplitude).
The thing about small drivers, is that it takes a bit of crafty design to get output continuing below the driver resonance. The limiting factor is the level of output. You won't get high levels (unless you use a monstrous bass horn).
Bose used four inch drivers in the old 901 speaker and that was flat down to about 35 Hz and extended below. But each box had nine drivers and much equalisation was employed.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!