It seems shrinking speakers each generation is the way speaker design is going .
but for the average consumer level speakers they are gone .
many models are 4-6.5 today
did brands like Bose kill them off ? And satellites model brands
I know vintage models were mostly larger sized 8” +
Possibly reasons for smaller Ones ?
Some old large woofers were loud and impressive others of low quality were terrible .
Today’s models are very impressive!!
Tower speakers look like a extremely tall bookshelf speaker these days .
But few models today are 8” or 10”
just due to being ugly or are they impractical for sound dispersion?
It seems almost no brands sell center speakers over 8” woofers or towers . There are a few exceptions but they cost too much so not important to this discussion.
Using the chane as an example..
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