SwampYankee
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My assumption has been for sometime that larger drivers, on average, can generate higher SPL while remaining in the more linear portion of their mechanical and electrical compliance envelope. "Big sound" often references dynamics or high output conditions. Small drivers are more likely to compress (generate lower SPL relative to input voltage) and distort because they need more excursion at a given SPL and reach the limits of their suspensions or the ends of the voice coil gap sooner than larger drivers. I know this is a gross simplification. Some drivers compensate with exotic surrounds/spiders or complex motor structures to retain linear motion at high excursion, but it's hard to fight physics.