Some of you may have checked out our Inkognito series, aka "high-end design subwoofer" (https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...gn-subwoofer-that-actually-sounds-good.15677/).
We're now looking at building our first "traditional" cube formed subwoofer. We're going with Hypex and Scan-Speak here as well. Mostly the same design goals apply. First and foremost as high quality and precise sound as possible (always our first priority), and second something that will look good in the living room and not be refrigerator sized. We also wanted to increase the output a bit over our Inkognito series. Rough size indication is 40x40x40 cm, or 15x15x15". It won't be exactly this size, but to give an impression.
The dual opposing design does a good job of eliminating cabinet resonances, the couch next to the subwoofer vibrates more than the enclosure.
Initial testing indicates a pretty impressive in-room response (-3dB at 14hz), as well as very low distortion at moderate levels. As the screenshot below indicates, we're at 1.4% THD at 20hz@81dB. Without naming names, there are competitors out there with a higher maximum SPL capacity than this subwoofer, but that are still at several times this distortion at the same output level. Aka built to play loud, but less attention spent on precise and distortion free reproduction. One could of course always argue about the audibility of this, but we'd like to focus on accurate sound before SPL. That being said, this will be able to play pretty loud too.
Stay tuned for updates, we hope to launch this product before summer.
We're now looking at building our first "traditional" cube formed subwoofer. We're going with Hypex and Scan-Speak here as well. Mostly the same design goals apply. First and foremost as high quality and precise sound as possible (always our first priority), and second something that will look good in the living room and not be refrigerator sized. We also wanted to increase the output a bit over our Inkognito series. Rough size indication is 40x40x40 cm, or 15x15x15". It won't be exactly this size, but to give an impression.
The dual opposing design does a good job of eliminating cabinet resonances, the couch next to the subwoofer vibrates more than the enclosure.
Initial testing indicates a pretty impressive in-room response (-3dB at 14hz), as well as very low distortion at moderate levels. As the screenshot below indicates, we're at 1.4% THD at 20hz@81dB. Without naming names, there are competitors out there with a higher maximum SPL capacity than this subwoofer, but that are still at several times this distortion at the same output level. Aka built to play loud, but less attention spent on precise and distortion free reproduction. One could of course always argue about the audibility of this, but we'd like to focus on accurate sound before SPL. That being said, this will be able to play pretty loud too.
Stay tuned for updates, we hope to launch this product before summer.
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