Xmax on subs more=better? or less=better?

[ampjunkielikeme 10+ year member]

i was looking at the pioneer TS-W5102SPL spl specs and it says the Xmax is only 11mm or like 3 1/4 of an inch , my btl's are 28mm. more than twice the pioneer sub is..........

its a spl sub , but pioneer says it will play music with no problems.....the fs is 30, and my btl's are 31 .....

my question is . does the Xmax of a sub matter?

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[bball09124 10+ year member]

i was looking at the pioneer TS-W5102SPL spl specs and it says the Xmax is only 11mm or like 3 1/4 of an inch , my btl's are 28mm. more than twice the pioneer sub is..........its a spl sub , but pioneer says it will play music with no problems.....the fs is 30, and my btl's are 31 .....

my question is . does the Xmax of a sub matter?

Long story short, not really.

 

[ampjunkielikeme 10+ year member]

Long story short, not really.

thanks...lol...i guess im just overthinking it....

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

on a sealed enclosure yes it is important, ported no. 11mm is only .4331". the xmax isnt the amount of excursion a woofer has,google it...

 

[thevic24 5,000+ posts]

on a sealed enclosure yes it is important, ported no. 11mm is only .4331". the xmax isnt the amount of excursion a woofer has,google it...

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its the measurement of one-way linear cone travel.

 

[Immacomputer 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wow.gif.23d729408e9177caa2a0ed6a2ba6588e.gifits the measurement of one-way linear cone travel.

Linear coil travel. Linear travel doesn't mean that is moves in a straight up and down motion, it describes the motor force on the coil and once that force starts decreasing, the driver starts to work in a non-linear region.

Xmax is important but should not be the only spec looked at while deciding what driver is right for you.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

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[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

on a sealed enclosure yes it is important, ported no. 11mm is only .4331". the xmax isnt the amount of excursion a woofer has,google it...

Care to explain this further?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

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[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

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[Electrodynamic 10+ year member]

One thing you can definitely say about Xmax is that you need as much as you can get if you're using a sealed box and want the most output possible at 20 Hz or so. The lower you go, the more excursion is required to reproduce it.

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[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Care to explain this further?

Maximum peak linear excursion of driver, in meters. "Short for Maximum Linear Excursion. Speaker output becomes non-linear when the voice coil begins to leave the magnetic gap. Although suspensions can create non-linearity in output, the point at which the number of turns in the gap (see BL) begins to decrease is when distortion starts to increase.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

Xmax is something you need to take into account when designing a ported box. Anyone who tells you that xmax doesn't matter in a ported box is wrong.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

Xmax is something you need to take into account when designing a ported box. Anyone who tells you that xmax doesn't matter in a ported box is wrong.

yes...

I need more xmech

 

[Rashaddd 5,000+ posts]

Long story short, not really.

on a sealed enclosure yes it is important, ported no. 11mm is only .4331". the xmax isnt the amount of excursion a woofer has,google it...

no.