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If you then apply some EQ to flatten the response you can end up with something fairly respectable sounding. Also appropriate use of absorption inside the cabinet can improve bass response.
The problem with trying that for guitar is that it requires music of fairly well-known and constrained frequency content - ie a finished mix - to sound right… if you deviate from that it sounds terrible because frequencies you don't expect to be so boosted are then excessively so.
My little Vox Mini5 digital amp has that problem - it actually sounds very good on its own, but if you put any kind of drive pedal in front of it, it sounds *terrible* - unusably boomy and buzzy. I think that's because the amp is voiced with a lot more bass and treble than normal to correct for the speaker and cabinet.
A normal guitar amp is the exact opposite - the reason they sound the way they do, and good for distortion, is because the frequency response of a standard guitar speaker in a simple box naturally rolls off the frequencies that sound bad. If you want to hear how terrible a guitar amp - even a valve one - really sounds, just DI it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Blackstar ID Core Beam, 3" speakers https://www.blackstaramps.com/ranges/idcore-beam
I think this was recorded with mics on the cab.
Ashdown B Social - 5" speakers http://ashdownmusic.com/products/1/Bass-Amplification/21/BSOCIAL/131/BSOCIAL75W/
It may be that smaller than 10" just needs a different type of speaker with a more 'hi-fi' cone and suspension to give enough bottom end.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Seriously - does it sound as good as a 10in speaker?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
You may get a bigger sound on a small sealed cab with a tiny port but that gets complex to tune. Just look at the phil jones bass amps. If you've ever played an electric guitar through a recent peavey microbass you would be surprised how good they sound with guitar. I was jamming with one with a drummer last night.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Er, isobaric? Two 8in speakers could be good though.