15″ / 381 mm
Nominal diameter
41 Hz
Resonance
0.37
Q factor
97 dB
Sensitivity
± 4.8 mm
Linear excursion
1000 W
Program Power
Driver
Port
Combined
Frequency response
Hz
Impedance
Ω
Impedance Phase
°
Excursion
mm
Velocity
m/s
SPL
dB
Acoustical Phase
°
Group Delay
ms
Transient response
ms
Sensitivity (1w, 1m, infinite baffle)
SPL1W
97.4
dB
Frequency response
45 - 3500
Hz
Thiele & Small parameters
Resonance frequency (free air)
fS
41.0
Hz
Mechanical quality factor
QMS
4.21
Electrical quality factor
QES
0.41
Total quality factor
QTS
0.37
Large signal parameters
Maximum linear excursion
xmax
4.8
mm
Air volume displaced at xmax
VD
411
cm³
Power handling
P
500
W
Program power
Pmax
1000
W
Voice Coil
Nominal impedance
Z
8
Ω
DC resistance
RE
5.5
Ω
Inductance (1kHz)
LE
0.43
mH
VC Diameter
83
mm
Winding height
HVC
19.6
mm
Former material
Glass fiber
Magnet
Flux density
B
1.1
T
Force factor
Bl
17.76
N/A
Motor constant
Bl/√RE
7.57
N/√W
Air gap height
HAG
10
mm
Diaphragm
Effective diameter
332
mm
Effective area
SD
855
cm²
Moving mass
MMS
90
g
Moving mass (without air load)
MMD
72.4
g
Suspensions
Stiffness
KMS
5.65
N/mm
Compliance
CMS
177
µm/N
Equivalent volume to the compliance
VAS
183
L
Mechanical resistance
RMS
5.51
N·s/m
Spider material
Cotton (Single)
Dimensions
Nominal diameter
15
″
381
mm
Overall diameter
392
mm
Baffle cutout diameter
353
mm
Overall depth
174
mm
Flange thickness
16
mm
Mounting depth
158
mm
Volume occupied by the driver (estimated)
4.9
L
Net weight
10.2
kg
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15″Subwoofer
fS
39 Hz
SD
830 cm²
45 - 3000 Hz
QTS
0.34
xmax
6.8 mm
SPL1W
96 dB
Bl/√RE
7.98
Pmax
1200 W
15″Low frequency
fS
41 Hz
SD
855 cm²
40 - 4000 Hz
QTS
0.38
xmax
5.5 mm
SPL1W
97 dB
Bl/√RE
7.03
Pmax
800 W
15″Subwoofer
fS
41 Hz
SD
880 cm²
35 - 2500 Hz
QTS
0.35
xmax
5.5 mm
SPL1W
96 dB
Bl/√RE
8.63
Pmax
1000 W