Do speakers with larger magnets have more power & sound quality than ones with smaller magnets?

Question

The speakers are 5 1/4 Kenwood door speakers...will they be better than Cadillac stock speakers?

Answer 1

usually depends on TYPE of magnet used... but if this is a new caddi i say eh 50-50 but if its older change them

Answer 2

Respect and love and peace to you my friend.

I think larger magnets must produce more power because the lines of magnetic flux produced will be stronger with the interaction of the turns of wire and current flow through them. They should give more or better quality bass but the amplifier will need to push more current, so you must check that the amp is powerful enough to 'drive' the speakers or you could blow the amp up!

This is called - impedance matching where I come from. I don't know anything about Cadillacs - sorry.

Hope that makes some sense. Good luck.

Answer 3

The magnets do not produce any power what so ever.  The amplifier is the only piece of your sound system that produces power.  All the magnet does is supply a constant magnetic field for the voice coil to work against.  As the AC signal flows through the voice coil creating an electromagnetic field in different directions (hence alternating current), the two magnets either repel each other or attract to each other.  That's what causes the cone of the speaker to move in and out.  

Small magnets usually implies smaller voice coils.  This may imply lower power handling, possibly a higher level of efficiency, but it's all dependent on the design and construction of the driver.   Larger magnets usually implies a larger voice coil which can typically handle more power and is also usually less efficient.  

the size of the magnet alone does not give any indication what so ever as to the quality of sound the driver will produce.

Answer 4

The magnets may show that a speaker has more power than one with a smaller magnet ........however this does not determine the Quality of sound produced.

Answer 5

Probably yes.  Larger magnet usually means higher sensitivity to the input signal.  This means the amplifier does not need to be so powerful, so less strain on the amplifier.  Strain on the amplifier causes distortion.  Speakers with larger magnets usually sound more dynamic.

Type of magnet is important.

ferrite - strong (good)

alnico - stronger (better)

neodymium - strongest (best)

Most speakers use a ferrite magnet - the cheapest.  Alnico and neodymium can get real expensive (and are more specialised/exclusive).

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