Need Le data for Hifonics subwoofer

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briankmizell

Audiophyte
I will prolly catch some crap over the name brand of speakers I am using for my teens car, (Hifonics) but he was on a budget and purchased them himself... not something many 15 year old boys do these days...lol (purchase their own stuff)

At any rate, I am usin g WinISD 0.44 to design an optimal enclosure for the Zeus ZRX12D4 Subwoofers.

I need to know what the LE is for this sub, or if there is a nother term that is sometimes used to describe LE. It has some info in the booklet that came with the subwoofer, but I think some of the letters by the numbes may be typo's.

here are the specs of the ZRX12D4 sub:

NomZ 9.276 Ohm
Sd 0.0515 sqM
Revc 7.73 Ohm
BL 17.74 TxM
Vas 90.73 Liter
Cms 241.3 uM/N
Mms 134.8 Grams
Fo 27.9Hz (thinking this is the typo and is supposed to be Fs but not sure)
Qms 5.597
Qes 0.581
Qts 0.526
no 0.328% (I have no idea what this is)
SPL@1W 87.18 dB
SPL@2.83V 87.45 dB
Xmax/Over Hang 7mm
Xmech/Suspension 20mm
RMS Wattage 500
Peak Wattage 1000

If you could...... would tell me if any of the data here is the LE?

Also, I have no idea what the no 0.328% is.
 
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briankmizell

Audiophyte
I have downloaded Bassbox Pro 6 to use for designing and building the enclosure. It looks to be a great piece of software.

I am still searching for the missing data I need to get the enclosure built.... Hopefully someone will know.
 
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briankmizell

Audiophyte
I never got around to building that enclosure, my son sold that car.

However he still has his audio equipment, If anyone could tell me the definition of Le, or a way to find the values of it my self.... I would greatly appreciate it.
 
GranteedEV

GranteedEV

Audioholic Ninja
Le is measured in mH and affects the upper frequency response of the driver. You should be able to leave it empty and model the lower frequency response of the box without it though.

However he still has his audio equipment, If anyone could tell me the definition of Le, or a way to find the values of it my self.... I would greatly appreciate it.
Le can be measured with this:

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?partnumber=390-806&utm_source=Bazaarvoiceps

What is Le?

it is voice coil inductance, normally referenced to 1khz for a woofer and 10khz for a tweeter.

Most cheap car audio subwoofers will have a big inductance, so you can expect as much as a 5db peak around 50 to 100hz in the frequency response. Likewise, most cheap car audio subwoofers will have a high qts, so you can expect a very sharp knee at system resonance. The driver you chose has a qts = .52 which is not great, but certainly more usable in a box than the typical car sub.

My suggestion would be a 2 cu ft sealed box to maximize power handling. You should be able to pour around 85 to 100w @ 8 ohm into it (basically whatever car amplifier specs itself to be about 400w will deliver this usefully)

Q is slightly high at .827, but I wouldn't fret. The cabin gain will raise efficiency below about 60hz which will affect that actual sound heard. Besides that, I very much suspect an inductance hump that I mentioned earlier. This is probably 1 to 3db, probably centered around 80hz. Finally there`s your crossover low pass, which again affects the frequency response in that same frequency range.

If I had to give you any real advice it would be this:

have the capability to measure the response between 20 and 200hz. Once you can measure it you want to be able to tame peaking in the response with equalization.
 
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