All items tagged with woofers (91)
Fasten Your Seatbelts. Knowledge for Speaker Designers Now Available in Voice Coil September 2025
August 29, 2025 by audioXpress Staff

Fasten Your Seatbelts. Knowledge for Speaker Designers Now Available in Voice Coil September 2025

In this issue of Voice Coil, you can’t miss Mike Klasco’s history lessons and situation report on speaker magnets and rare earth materials, his updated Directory of Materials Manufacturers for Consumer Audio Products, and subdirectory on Transducers for Soundbars and Bluetooth Speakers. Vance Dickason’s Test Bench characterizes the new BGW-D182-86-4-001 glass cone woofer from Glass Acoustic Innovations Technology (GAIT), followed by the W 174.38 Fibonacci woofer from RS Speakers, both being 6.5” drivers with innovative approaches.
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Celestion Expands Truvox Series with New 0820 Midbass Loudspeaker
April 9, 2025 by Alfred Moody

Celestion Expands Truvox Series with New 0820 Midbass Loudspeaker

Celestion continues to expand its Truvox product family, relaunched in 2024, drawing on Celestion’s long tradition of producing high-performing general-purpose speakers. Celestion announced the availability of the new Truvox 0820 8-inch ferrite magnet midbass driver, designed as a drop-in replacement and upgrade solution for a wide range of 8-inch midbass applications, including automotive aftermarket.
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Beyma Introduces Multiple New Products at ISE 2025
February 18, 2025 by Joao Martins

Beyma Introduces Multiple New Products at ISE 2025

Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) is increasingly the trade show where speaker driver manufacturers in the pro audio segment present their new designs and announce new base models and innovations. During ISE 2025, Beyma introduced many new products that update its range to make it more competitive and broader. Among the new products are a new 14" woofer, two waveguides for line arrays, two new horns, and new compression drivers, expanding the CD family presented in 2023.
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Lighter, Cooler, More Powerful. B&C Speakers Introduces New Products for 2025
February 4, 2025 by Joao Martins

Lighter, Cooler, More Powerful. B&C Speakers Introduces New Products for 2025

Fresh from NAMM 2025 in Anaheim, CA, B&C Speakers will exhibit at ISE 2025 in Barcelona, where it will present its latest innovations, highlighting in particular the latest HLX Series Helical compression drivers DH350 and DH450 now benefiting from purposely designed heatsinks. Also new for the show are two new lightweight, high-power woofers, that are perfect for small format line arrays, expanding the Italian speaker manufacturer’s CL Series.
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Test Bench: Purifi Audio PTT10.0X04-NAB-01 10” Midbass Woofer
January 29, 2025 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Purifi Audio PTT10.0X04-NAB-01 10” Midbass Woofer

The eagerly awaited Purifi Audio PTT10.0X04-NAB-01 10" Midbass Woofer is the sixth Purifi driver to be examined in Test Bench. This 4Ω woofer features extensive proprietary technology that includes the constant Sd surround, cone edge stiffening ring, and low magnetic hysteresis motor design. The PTT10.0X04-NAB-01 exhibits some very unique engineering that can be finally characterized.
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Celestion Introduces the Truvox 1525 Bass/Midbass Loudspeaker
January 8, 2025 by Joao Martins

Celestion Introduces the Truvox 1525 Bass/Midbass Loudspeaker

Celestion introduced the Truvox 1525, a new ferrite magnet 15-inch bass and midbass driver that combines superior power handling, durability, and sound quality, at a highly competitive price point. Ideal for two-way sound reinforcement systems, the driver will be available in OEM quantities for manufacturers, and will be also available through retailers, for DIY builders or as a drop-in replacement/upgrade where it can rejuvenate overworked PA setups, restoring the energy and emotional impact of the low-frequency domain.
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Celestion Introduces CF1230BMB Extended Excursion Compact Bass/Midbass Pro Audio Woofer
October 29, 2024 by audioXpress Staff

Celestion Introduces CF1230BMB Extended Excursion Compact Bass/Midbass Pro Audio Woofer

Celestion introduced the CF1230BMB 12-inch woofer, suited to both bass and midbass professional audio applications. The new ferrite magnet, cast aluminum chassis driver is engineered for a longer throw than conventional midbass speakers, being able to produce more low-end when loaded into conventional two-way enclosures. Celestion also says the new compact woofer excels as a bass unit in compact subwoofer applications.
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Test Bench: Scan-Speak 15W/8534T00 Classic Line 5.5" Woofer
October 23, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Scan-Speak 15W/8534T00 Classic Line 5.5" Woofer

This Test Bench characterizes the new Scan-Speak 15W/8534T00 woofer, which fills the gap in the Classic family for a compact high-performance 5.5” (15cm) midbass driver. It is based on the design principles of the popular 18W/8545 continuing the tradition with a slim frame aluminum chassis, Symmetrical Drive (SD) motor system, low loss linear rubber suspension, and updated with a brand-new cone material called Phenomax.
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Test Bench: Faital Pro's 10PR330 10" PA Woofer
October 2, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Faital Pro's 10PR330 10" PA Woofer

The 10PR330 is Faital Pro's new high-power handling 10" woofer intended for line arrays and large PA systems, or as a midbass driver in multiway systems — and apparently it has also been also used successfully in bass guitar applications. The cone assembly for the Faital Pro 10PR330 woofer consists of a curvilinear paper cone along with a very stiff coated dust cap. Compliance is supplied by a coated polycotton cloth M-roll type surround and from a cloth-type flat spider.
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Test Bench: Wavecor’s New WF211PA01 8.25" PA Woofer
September 25, 2024 by Vance Dickason

Test Bench: Wavecor’s New WF211PA01 8.25" PA Woofer

The driver characterized in this Test Bench is a new 8.25" paper cone woofer, which is only the second pro audio design from the Wavecor, renowned for its high-end home hi-fi drivers. The company decided to expand its catalog with new OEM pro audio woofers, and the WF211PA01 is basically a smaller version of the WF259PA01 10" woofer explicated in the February 2024 issue of Voice Coil. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, June 2024.
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