All items tagged with woofers (76)

Test Bench: The New 6” WF152BD09-04 Midbass Driver from Wavecor

March 6, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: The New 6” WF152BD09-04 Midbass Driver from Wavecor

This Test Bench characterizes the 6" WF152BD09-04 midbass driver from Wavecor, part of a new line of midbass models using a unique proprietary interwoven Kevlar and carbon fiber cone material. The WF152BD09 has a generous feature set that includes a vented inverted dome-type phase plug (no dust cap) and a shallow profile low loss high Qm NBR surround, accompanied by a flat 4" diameter black cloth spider. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, November 2023.

MAG Audio Announces New M2108 21" Woofer for Professional Applications

February 13, 2024 by Joao Martins

MAG Audio Announces New M2108 21" Woofer for Professional Applications

MAG Audio (Magnet Ltd), the producer of professional transducers and loudspeaker systems from Ukraine, has announced the launch of a new large format woofer designed to meet the demands of the latest pro audio designs, powered by new-generation Class-D amplifiers. The new MAG M2108 21" woofer is recommended for conventional and infra-bass professional subwoofers, line-array sub-bass supplements and night-club sound systems, as well as cinema and high-power installation applications.

Celestion Launches the Ten Squared (Ten2) Low-Frequency Pro Audio Driver Series at ISE 2024

January 30, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Celestion Launches the Ten Squared (Ten2) Low-Frequency Pro Audio Driver Series at ISE 2024

Celebrating the company’s 100th anniversary in 2024, Celestion introduced the new Ten Squared (Ten2) Series of pro audio low frequency drivers at ISE 2024 in Barcelona. Born out of a specialist development program at Celestion’s UK-based R&D facility the new Ten Squared Series comprises five drivers meticulously engineered for applications in subwoofers or as bass units in two- or three-way loudspeakers and larger format line arrays.

Test Bench: SB Acoustics’ WO24TX-4 Satori 9.5” Midbass Woofer

January 24, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: SB Acoustics’ WO24TX-4 Satori 9.5” Midbass Woofer

This midbass woofer is the latest product from SB Acoustics to feature a Composite Sound Thin-ply Carbon Diaphragm (TPCD) cone and another significant product from its Satori Line of high end drivers. The SB Acoustics WO24TX-4 Satori features a curvilinear inverted single piece “bowl” shaped TPCD cone. Clearly a material choice that is starting to conquer a growing number of speaker manufacturers in all application segments. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, September 2023.

Lavoce Unveils New High-Output Woofers for Multi-Way Systems

January 2, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Lavoce Unveils New High-Output Woofers for Multi-Way Systems

Lavoce Italiana, the transducer company with a heritage of over 35 years designing and manufacturing high performance HF and LF loudspeaker transducers is starting 2024 in full force with several new speaker drivers expanding its already considerable professional audio and MI catalog. Unveiled just before ISE 2024, where they will make their debut, are three new Lavoce high-output woofers in 8", 13.5" and 15" sizes.

Just One More Thing. Don't Miss Voice Coil December 2023

November 29, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Just One More Thing. Don't Miss Voice Coil December 2023

This is the last issue of Voice Coil for 2023, which includes a combination of valuable industry resources and expert knowledge for loudspeaker engineers. Mike Klasco and Nora Wong (Menlo Scientific) have compiled an updated directory of Engineering Simulation Software and Test & Measurement Hardware Vendors. And in Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterizes the latest PTT8.0X04-NAB-02 8" aluminum cone woofer from Purifi Audio.

Voice Coil November 2023. It's All About the Bass!

October 30, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Voice Coil November 2023. It's All About the Bass!

From midbass to bass, Voice Coil November 2023 provides the lowdown on some of the loudspeaker industry's most interesting developments. James Croft explores a recently granted "Venturi expander" patent. Mike Klasco explores speaker design and signal processing techniques to achieve more bass, and Vance Dickason characterizes the Wavecor WF152BD09-04 6" midbass driver, and the UF295FAS Ultra Flat Series 10" thin-profile dipole woofer from Neotera.

Speaker Design and Triple Test Bench in Voice Coil August 2023

July 26, 2023 by audioXpress Staff

Speaker Design and Triple Test Bench in Voice Coil August 2023

Voice Coil August 2023 offers the second part of Peter Larsen's FINE Circle speaker design tutorial, updated directories of Voice Coil Winders and Converters, and Magnet Vendors and Distributors for 2023. James Croft reviews a new Diaphragm patent attributed to Tymphany, and Vance Dickason offers a triple dose of Test Bench, starting with the Beyma 10NMFS 10" subwoofer, followed by the Wavecor WF182BD13-04 7" midbass woofer, and culminating in the Scan-Speak 18ME/9642T00 Ellipticor 6.5" Midrange.

SB Acoustics Launches Much Anticipated 9.5-Inch Satori TeXtreme Woofers

February 10, 2023 by Joao Martins

SB Acoustics Launches Much Anticipated 9.5-Inch Satori TeXtreme Woofers

The SB Acoustics Satori TeXtreme range using Thin-ply Carbon Diaphragms (TPCD) has now expanded to four sizes. So far the biggest commercially available TPCD driver using the increasingly popular technology, the SB Acoustics Satori 9.5" woofer with a 2" voice coil, is now available in 4 and 8 ohm variants. The thunder from the extended bass response of the new model WO24TX-4 and model WO24TX-8 woofers will no doubt be soon felt at hifi shows all over the planet.

Test Bench-Purifi Audio’s PTT5.25X04-NFA-01 Midbass Woofer

January 25, 2023 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench-Purifi Audio’s PTT5.25X04-NFA-01 Midbass Woofer

For this Test Bench, Vance Dickason focused his full attention on another innovative driver from Purifi Audio, this time the PTT5.25X04-NFA-01 5.25” Midbass Woofer. At the core, this Purifi midbass woofer is pretty much identical to the PTT6.5X and PTT4.0X, and includes the same constant Sd surround and low magnetic hysteresis motor design. The Test Bench explores all the design aspects and measures all the relevant and unique features of this very original design. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, October 2022.

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