Why does it matter how much power they handle as long as they get to the SPL needed? Just get an amp that does it.
Amen. As someone who was previously guilty of this sin, I concur.
I used to tell people "look for the best max power handling to weight ratio to volume ratio" in the cabinets you buy. Then I found some speakers that are 10 dB less sensitive than the ones I normally use and that changed that statement real quick.
And I would like to turn the wand around.
What I would like would be for users to stop prejuding a particular product by either its "power handling" or by the driver used inside.
It should all be about how well the particular product does the job-sound quality-coverage-loudness-freq response etc-NOT by what means it accomplishes it.
I hear it all the time-"Well that product only has a "so and so" driver in it, there is no way it could work". Have you actually tried listening to it? or is everything prejudged on old outdated notions?
So now everybody is a "loudspeaker designer"? Like the old judgement of magnet weight when neo came out. Well that magnet is so small-there is no way it could produce that much sound and so forth.
I will leave it at that-but could go on and on.
Don't I hear that complaint quite frequently over at the BFM forums? :-)
Seriously, though, when a product has a "so and so driver" in it, my first thought is my sound engineer who can't keep the "power amp meters out of the red." Ought to fire the dude before he blows up my speakers, but that's where having *good* drivers really helps (JBLs, in this particular case).
More on topic: I must admit that I learned about Danley a while back while perusing the BFM forums to see if there was anything useful to me there. As soon as I get my current "A" system completely built up (need to add 6 SRX 712m or VRX 915m monitors, a couple more SRX 725 cabs and two more SRX 728s subs), I'm definitely planning on my next "A" system to be Danley. The TH118 cabs along with something SHxx looks really cool. So I'd certainly be in the market for something (though I'll probably need to handle a crowd of 5,000+ outdoors with whatever I come up with for the new "A" system, so maybe the small top wouldn't be appropriate, I don't know yet). OTOH, some small SHxx cabs for "speakers on sticks" jobs would be awesome!
Cheers,
Randy Hyde