SUBWOOFER

18SW1P / 18SW1P-SLF*
The 18SW1P / 18SW1P-SLF* is a high power 18” professional subwoofer
specially designed to reproduce sound at the very low end of the audio spectrum.
In order to achieve a perfect performance in this very demanding region of
low frequencies, the 18SW1P / 18SW1P-SLF* is capable of handling up to 800 W
RMS or 1,600 W (Musical Program).
A bumped bottom plate assures a compatible maximum displacement and
the extended pole piece keeps the magnetic field linearity in order to avoid
distortion; it also improves the heat transfer.
The magnet assembly was designed with the assistance of a Finite
Element Analysis (FEA) software in order to ensure optimization.
A 4” (100 mm) voice coil wound in a fiberglass former with flat aluminum
wire drives the moving assembly.
A non-pressed long fiber pulp cone has the necessary stiffness to
withstand the tremendous accelerating forces involved and is properly centered by
two counteracting polyamide fiber spiders.
An triple cooling system consisting of a large diameter center hole
surrounded by six smaller holes (directly cooling the gap) and six frame windows
(cooling the air trapped between the two spiders) are responsible for an efficient
heat transfer mechanism.
A highly reinforced aluminum injected frame is effective in absorbing
mechanical shocks and acts as a heat sink without interfering with the magnetic
field.

*18SW1P-SLF: Product without Selenium logo printed on the dust cap.

SPECIFICATIONS
Nominal diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 (18) mm (in)
Nominal impedance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 W
Minimum impedance @ 112 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.2 W
Power handling
Musical program1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600 W
AES2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 W
Sensitivity (2.83V@1m) averaged from 80 to 250 Hz . . . . . . 97 dB SPL
Power compression @ 0 dB (nom. power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 dB
Power compression @ -3 dB (nom. power)/2. . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 dB
Power compression @ -10 dB (nom. power)/10. . . . . . . . . . 0.7 dB
Frequency response @ -10 dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 to 2,500 Hz
1
Power handling specifications refer to normal speech and/or music program material, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
reproduced by an amplifier producing no more than 5% distortion. Power is calculated as Magnet material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barium ferrite
true RMS voltage squared divided by the nominal impedance of the loudspeaker. Magnet weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,440 (120) g (oz)
2
AES Standard (60 - 600 Hz). Magnet diameter x depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 x 24 (8.66 x 0.95) mm (in)
Magnetic assembly weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,200 (24.69) g (lb)
THIELE-SMALL PARAMETERS Frame material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aluminum
Fs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Hz Frame finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black epoxy
Vas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 (8.19) l (ft3) Voice coil material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aluminum
Qts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.44 Voice coil former material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fiberglass
Qes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.46 Cone material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Non pressed long fiber pulp
Qms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.45 Volume displaced by woofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.6 (0.304) l (ft3)
ho (half space) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.47 % Net weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,180 (31.26) g (lb)
Sd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1194 (185.07) m2 (in2) Gross weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,400 (33.95) g (lb)
Carton dimensions (W x D x H) . . . . . . 48 x 48 x 24 (18.9 x 18.9 x 9.5) cm (in)
Vd (Sd x Xmax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,134.3 (69.22) cm3 (in3)
Xmax (max. excursion (peak) with 10% distortion) . . . 9.3 (0.37) mm (in) MOUNTING INFORMATION
Xlim (max.excursion (peak) before physical damage)25.0 (0.98) mm (in) Number of bolt-holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bolt-hole diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,0 (0.27) mm (in)
Atmospheric conditions at TS parameter measurements:
Bolt-circle diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 (17.28) mm (in)
Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 (75) °C (°F)
Baffle cutout diameter (front mount) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 (16.61) mm (in)
Atmospheric pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,020 mb
Baffle cutout diameter (rear mount) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412 (16.22) mm (in)
Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 % Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silver-plated push terminals
Thiele-Small parameters are measured after a 2-hour power test using half AES power . Polarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Positive voltage applied to the positive
A variation of ± 15% is allowed. terminal (red) gives forward cone motion
Minimum clearance between the back of the magnetic assembly and the
ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS enclosure wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 (3) mm (in)
bL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.0 Tm
Flux density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.93 T
Voice coil diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 (4) mm (in)
ø 457 8x ø 7 221
Voice coil winding length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.7 (130.3) m (ft)
Wire temperature coefficient of resistance (a25) . . . . . 0.00372 1/°C
Maximum voice coil operating temperature. . . . . . . . 275 (527) °C (°F)
qvc (max.voice coil operating temp./max.power) . . 0.34 (0.66) °C/W(°F/W)
Hvc (voice coil winding depth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32.0 (1.26) mm (in)
Hag (air gap height) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.5 (0.53) mm (in)
Re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 W
Mms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160.8 (0.355) g (lb)
Cms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116.5 mm/N
ø 420

ø 220

Rms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 kg/s

NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS
Le @ Fs (voice coil inductance @ Fs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.073 mH
Le @ 1 kHz (voice coil inductance @ 1 kHz) . . . . . . . . . . 2.549 mH
Le @ 20 kHz (voice coil inductance @ 20 kHz) . . . . . . . . 0.674 mH
Red @ Fs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.81 W
Red @ 1 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10.10 W
ø 439 65 144 12
Red @ 20 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.48 W
Krm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.690 W
Kxm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.087 mH
Erm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.764
Dimensions in mm.
 SUBWOOFER
18SW1P / 18SW1P-SLF*
RESPONSE CURVES (0° AND 45°) IN A TEST ENCLOSURE ON GROUND POLAR RESPONSE CURVES
PLANE AND OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT, 1 W / 1m
100 50 Hz 100 Hz 250 Hz
0 0 0
30° 330° 30° 330° 30° 330°
-6 -6 -6
60° -10 300° 60° -10 300° 60° -10 300°
90
-20 -20 -20
90° dB 270° 90° dB 270° 90° dB 270°

80
120° 240° 120° 240° 120° 240°
dB

150° 210° 150° 210° 150° 210°

180° 180° 180°
70

500 Hz 800 Hz 1.25 kHz

0 0 0
60 30° 330° 30° 330° 30° 330°
-6 -6 -6
60° -10 300° 60° -10 300° 60° -10 300°

-20 -20 -20

50 90° dB 270° 90° dB 270° 90° dB 270°
20 100 1k
Hz
Response Curve at 0°. B
K
120° 240° 120° 240° 120° 240°
Response Curve at 45°.
150° 210° 150° 210° 150° 210°
180° 180° 180°
Response curves measured on ground plane and outdoor environment with
the subwoofer installed in a test enclosure, 1 W / 1 m. This curves was Polar Response Curve.
decreased 6 dB to compensate the ground plane gain.

IMPEDANCE AND PHASE CURVES, MEASURED IN FREE-AIR

200 90
HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT AMPLIFIER
The power amplifier must be able to supply twice the RMS driver power. This
3 dB headroom is necessary to handle the peaks that are common to
150 45 musical programs. When the amplifier clips those peaks, high distortion
arises and this may damage the transducer due to excessive heat. The use
of compressors is a good practice to reduce music dynamics to safe levels.
degrees
ohms

100 0 FINDING VOICE COIL TEMPERATURE

It is very important to avoid maximum voice coil temperature. Since moving
coil resistance (RE) varies with temperature according to a well known law,
we can calculate the temperature inside the voice coil by measuring the
50 -45 voice coil DC resistance:
æR öæ 1 ö
TB = TA + çç B - 1÷÷ çç TA - 25 + ÷
è RA øè a 25 ÷ø

0 -90 TA , TB= voice coil temperatures in °C.

20 200 2k 20k RA , RB= voice coil resistances at temperatures TA and TB, respectively.
Hz
Impedance Curve. B
K
a25= voice coil wire temperature coefficient at 25 °C.
Phase Curve.
POWER COMPRESSION
Voice coil resistance rises with temperature, which leads to efficiency
HARMONIC DISTORTION CURVES MEASURED AT 10% AES INPUT reduction. Therefore, if after doubling the applied electric power to the driver
POWER IN A TEST ENCLOSURE INSIDE AN ANECHOIC CHAMBER, 1 m we get a 2 dB rise in SPL instead of the expected 3 dB, we can say that
power compression equals 1 dB. An efficient cooling system to dissipate
140 voice coil heat is very important to reduce power compression.

NON-LINEAR VOICE COIL PARAMETERS

Due to its close coupling with the magnetic assembly, the voice coil in
120 electrodynamic loudspeakers is a very non-linear circuit. Using the non-
linear modeling parameters Krm, Kxm, Erm and Exm from an empirical
model, we can calculate voice coil impedance with good accuracy.
dB

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80

60
20 200 20k
Hz
Response Curve. B
K

Distortion Curve, 2nd harmonic.

Distortion Curve, 3rd harmonic.

TEST ENCLOSURE
191-liter volume with 3 ducts ø 6” by 7.87” length.

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