Front load or rear load speakers?

[Wattage]

Does how speakers are mounted in the cabinet effect the sound in any appreciable way?

 

[twoheadedboy]

Re: Front load or rear load speakers?

Yes. I find that front-mounted speakers sound thinner and don't cause the cabinet to resonate as much. If you rear mount your speakers, you'll get more fundamental tone and less crap.

 

[marvar]

Re: Front load or rear load speakers?

I've asked this question many times, and gotten many answers-I know Mesa front loads most of their speakers in cabs- Marshall usually rear loads them-there is some research into this topic, but not alot that is conclusive.

 

[D-EJ915]

Re: Front load or rear load speakers?

Front mounting drivers is usually only important for speakers reproducing high-frequency sounds or ones with multiple drivers for coherence. As far as guitar speakers, they don't play high enough to make that huge of a difference, dispersion is affected negatively by shooting the sound through a "tube" but it's not really as big a deal as you'd think.

Technically, having the driver mounted perfectly aligned with the front baffle is the correct way to mount drivers.