high excursion SQ 15" for sealed box and 1200-1400 watts

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

CSS SDX.. its extremely linear design with wide bandwidth and good motor strength.. 2.25 to 2.5..

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

not quite all the way to 25, they meet up at 28hz or so, but yeah. The tempest has a 1db advantage from 40hz and up and maintains some sort of advantage to 28. Even a the bottom of my graph at 20hz it's only finally behind by .3db's. The tempests f3 is also 2hz lower. The tempest will also be right at xmax with 1000 watts applied at 20hz so it's a good match in that box. To get xmax out of the sdx is 3.5 cubes takes 1300 watts.

why approach xmax if you don't have to? closer you get to peak throw the higher the distortion ..

f3 sealed of 2 hz is not even noticable.. the ssd has more motor strength more displacement, will handle more power..

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

BL optimized drivers will display virtually no difference when approaching xmax. And in a sealed system, more excursion means more output, all other factors being equal, to answer your question.