the TS specs of a speaker are the mechanical and electrical properties of the speaker either at rest, or within linear limitations of movement. (moving, or in use, but staying linear)
every speaker is a bit different in those characteristics, and those TS specs determine how the speaker is going to react under various conditions.
no single spec will tell you if a sub is good or bad, but if the numbers are accurate (like DUMAX ratings) then you can use the numbers to determine how the speaker is going to behave.
In the case of Qts, it's the total Q of the driver at Fs. Qts is a measure of the driver's tendency to resonate at Fs, based on its overall characteristics. Qts can be calculated using the equation: Qts= Qms*Qes/(Qms+Qes))
Qms is the mechanical Q of the speaker, and Qes is the electrical Q of the speaker. The tendancy of a speaker to resonate at it's Fs affects how the speaker will perform in a ported or sealed enclosure at or near it's resonant frequency due to the amount of damping or control exerted over the driver's movement by the enclosure.
ahhhh. i see it now. kind of like those pictures in the mall that you have to stare at passively for a while before you actually see the image (whatever happened to those, anyway). sweet.
Hehe, that seems like such a funny question to me. But, glass is right, its just someone sticking out their tongue.
Pretty much, ask anyone under the age of like 24. They'll all know. Anyone that talks on any chatting program, AIM, MSN, ICQ, etc... will know what all the smileys mean. I say anyone under about 24 because they have been using them to chat online for a lot of they're life.
:-) :-( :-P ;-) :'( >:o =-o... and the list goes on, haha. With variations of every one, but the same concept.
