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No room for a subwoofer? Think again!

sigbergaudio

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I wanted to share a bit about the flexibility of our Sigberg Audio Inkognito subwoofers, which enables high quality bass with sub-20hz in-room extension even in rooms where you have little space or limited placement options. The Inkognito has a "pizza box" shape. It can be placed either horizontal on the floor, or vertically against a wall. It even supports on-wall installation.

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We also aim to kill the idea that subwoofers isn't suitable for music, using the highest quality components (Scan-speak drivers and Hypex amplification) as well as an extremely rigid enclosure. For those who're not aware, we build active speaker systems where subwoofers are an integral part of the system, so you can trust us to take our subwoofers VERY seriously.

Let me simply share some pictures of the Inkognito in various configurations / living rooms to give you an idea:


On wall:
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Front and center:
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Completely hidden (there are two Inkognitos vertically against the wall behind this desk, you can see one under the desk) :)
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Off to the side behind plants or other furniture:
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Hidden behind a couch:
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Or how about under?
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You can of course have it horizonally on the floor without hiding it as well:
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Here's one black and one white, in both horizontal and vertical orientation:
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The driver used (10" and 12" versions available) - no shallow mount driver here.. :)
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Frequency responses from a couple of rooms:
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Frequency response:
Inkognito 10: 25-250hz (+/- 3dB) (ground plane)
Inkognito 12: 23-250hz (+/- 3dB) (ground plane)
Typical in-room bass extension (both): ~18-20hz (-3dB)

Max SPL @ avg 30-80hz/1m:
Inkognito 10: ~111dB
Inkognito 12: ~115dB


As you can see people use these in quite high end systems (including pairing them with our own Sigberg Audio SBS.1 and Mantas of course)! :D

Hope this gives an impression of the flexibility of the Inkognitos! Happy to answer any questions about these subwoofers, and we also have a development thread right here on ASR.
 
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How much is it?

The price is locked in NOK. We are located in Norway, but sell direct-to-consumer worldwide. The export price is 23,996NOK for the 10" and 27,196NOK for the 12".

With the current exchange rate;
23,996NOK translates to ~2,050EUR / 2,250USD.
27,196NOK translates to ~2,300EUR / 2,550USD.

This prices include door-to-door shipping, but local import taxes/duties may apply. In the EU area this is typically around 20%, while in the USA it's typically 0-5%.

More information about the subwoofers is available at https://www.sigbergaudio.no/products/inkognitosubwoofer
 

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That's a clever approach
 

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I also think that the Inkognito sub is a very clever design. Thorbjørn with his products (Sigberg Audio) really address the key-problems, not only in speaker design (with his 4-way design, dedicated mid bass woofer) but also in subwoofer design.

The Inkognito should become the reference product when room is a constraint. Or for configurations with multiple subs (say 4 subs and more like in the Waveform configuration from Trinnov).

We should copy the link of this thread when someone in ASR claims that he/she can't have subs because of space constraints..... If persists, then we know this is for a total different reason :)
 

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The price is locked in NOK. We are located in Norway, but sell direct-to-consumer worldwide. The export price is 23,996NOK for the 10" and 27,196NOK for the 12".

With the current exchange rate;
23,996NOK translates to ~2,050EUR / 2,250USD.
27,196NOK translates to ~2,300EUR / 2,550USD.

This prices include door-to-door shipping, but local import taxes/duties may apply. In the EU area this is typically around 20%, while in the USA it's typically 0-5%.

More information about the subwoofers is available at https://www.sigbergaudio.no/products/inkognitosubwoofer

thank you!
It would be great if the price was reduced a little.
It's nice that there's a free worldwide shipping option.
 
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thank you!
It would be great if the price was reduced a little.
It's nice that there's a free worldwide shipping option.

Yes, I am afraid that is unlikely to happen. We have focused on maximizing quality rather than minimizing price. As an example, the 12" driver used in the Inkognito is the same that is used in the B&O Beolab 90 (135,000USD).

Combine that with European sourced components, European manufacturing and extensive R&D to get the sound and performance as good as possible, this is where we end up. If we weren't selling direct to consumer, the price would probably be 50% higher.
 

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Very clever design!
 
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