WOOFER PW5

12PW5 / 12PW5-SLF*
Professional 12” woofer designed to meet a variety of PA needs for
small and medium-sized rooms, with excellent performance in the mid and
low frequency ranges.
For sound reinforcement in nightclubs, dancing halls, auditoriums,
bands and also for studio monitors.
Its great efficiency in sound reproduction is due to the excellent
combination of the different components.
The light cone manufactured with long fiber pulp together with a
surround of impregnated fabric give the array great stability, high yield and
low distortion.
The voice coil is made of high temperature wire, wound on Kapton®
former.
The epoxy painted reinforced steel frame provides the array with high
mechanical resistance.
The aluminum dust cap guarantees great voice coil heat dissipation.
The use of highly resistant adhesives guarantees optimal cohesion
and durability of components.

*12PW5-SLF: Product without Selenium logo printed on the dust cap.

SPECIFICATIONS
Nominal diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 (12) mm (in)
Nominal impedance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 W
Minimum impedance @ 212 Hz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7.2 W
Power handling
Musical Program1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 W
AES2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 W
Sensitivity (2.83V@1m) averaged from 100 to 1,000 Hz . . . 96 dB SPL
Power compression @ 0 dB (nom. power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8 dB
Power compression @ -3 dB (nom. power)/2. . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 dB
Power compression @ -10 dB (nom. power)/10. . . . . . . . . . 0.5 dB
Frequency response @ -10 dB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 to 4,000 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 (71) g (oz)
2
AES Standard (60 - 600 Hz). Magnet diameter x depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 x 24 (6.65 x 0.95) mm (in)
Magnetic assembly weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,880 (10.76) g (lb)
THIELE-SMALL PARAMETERS Frame material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steel
Fs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Hz Frame finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black epoxy
Vas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 (3.81) l (ft3) Voice coil material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copper
Qts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.31 Voice coil former material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Polyimide (Kapton®)
Qes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.32 Cone material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Long fiber pulp
Qms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.33 Volume displaced by woofer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 (0.074) l (ft3)
ho (half space) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.40 % Net weight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,600 (12.35) g (lb)
Sd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0510 (79.1) m2 (in2) Gross weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,200 (13.67) g (lb)
Carton dimensions (W x D x H) . . . . . 34.5 x 33 x 18 (13.6 x 13 x 7.09) cm (in)
Vd (Sd x Xmax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188.7 (11.52) cm3 (in3)
Xmax (max. excursion (peak) with 10% distortion) . . . 3.7 (0.15) mm (in)
MOUNTING INFORMATION
Xlim (max.excursion (peak) before physical damage)19.0 (0.75) mm (in)
Number of bolt-holes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Atmospheric conditions at TS parameter measurements: Bolt-hole dimensões . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 x 8 (0.22 x 0.31) mm (in)
Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 (77) °C (°F) Bolt-circle diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 (11.53) mm (in)
Atmospheric pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,016 mb Baffle cutout diameter (front mount). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 (11.06) mm (in)
Baffle cutout diameter (rear mount) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 (10.83) mm (in)
Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 %
Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Push on teminals
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 gives forward cone motion
Minimum clearance between the back of the magnetic assembly and the
ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS enclosure wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 (3) mm (in)
bL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.5 Tm
Flux density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.07 T
Voice coil diameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 (3.0) mm (in)
ø 308 (8x) 5.5x8 130
Voice coil winding length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23.0 (75.5) m (ft)
Wire temperature coefficient of resistance (a25) . . . . . 0.00368 1/°C
Maximum voice coil operation temperature. . . . . . . . 230 (446) °C (°F)
qvc (max.voice coil operation temp./max.power). . .0.77 (1.49) °C/W(°F/W)
Hvc (voice coil winding depth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.5 (0.61) mm (in)
Hag (air gap height). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.0 (0.32) mm (in)
Re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 W
Mms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49.4 (0.1090) g (lb)
Cms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297.8
ø 279

ø 169

mm/N
Rms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.8 kg/s

NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS
Le @ Fs (voice coil inductance @ Fs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.449 mH
Le @ 1 kHz (voice coil inductance @ 1 kHz) . . . . . . . . . . 1.332 mH
Le @ 20 kHz (voice coil inductance @ 20 kHz) . . . . . . . . 0.433 mH
Red @ Fs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.28 W
Red @ 1 kHz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.15 W ø 2 93 40 79 11

Red @ 20 kHz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.08 W

Krm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.726 mW
Kxm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35.461 mH
Erm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.838
Dimensions in mm.
 WOOFER PW5
12PW5 / 12PW5-SLF*
RESPONSE CURVES (0° AND 45°) IN A TEST ENCLOSURE INSIDE AN POLAR RESPONSE CURVES
ANECHOIC CHAMBER, 1 W / 1 m
110 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°
100
-20 -20 -20
90° dB 270° 90° dB 270° 90° dB 270°

90
120° 240° 120° 240° 120° 240°
dB

150° 210° 150° 210° 150° 210°

180° 180° 180°
80

500 Hz 800 Hz 1.25 kHz

0 0 0
30° 330° 30° 330° 30° 330°
70 -6 -6 -6
60° -10 300° 60° -10 300° 60° -10 300°

-20 -20 -20

60 90° dB 270° 90° dB 270° 90° dB 270°
20 200 2k 20k
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°

IMPEDANCE AND PHASE CURVES MEASURED IN FREE-AIR

2 kHz 3.15 kHz 4 kHz
400 90 0 0 0
30° 330° 30° 330° 30° 330°
-6 -6 -6
60° -10 300° 60° -10 300° 60° -10 300°

-20 -20 -20

300 45 90° dB 270° 90° dB 270° 90° dB 270°

120° 240° 120° 240° 120° 240°

degrees
ohms

200 0 150° 210° 150° 210° 150° 210°

180° 180° 180°

Polar Response Curve.

100 -45

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT AMPLIFIER

The power amplifier must be able to supply twice the RMS driver power. This
0 -90 3 dB headroom is necessary to handle the peaks that are common to
20 200 2k 20k
Hz musical programs. When the amplifier clips those peaks, high distortion
Impedance Curve. B
K arises and this may damage the transducer due to excessive heat. The use
Phase Curve. of compressors is a good practice to reduce music dynamics to safe levels.

FINDING VOICE COIL TEMPERATURE

HARMONIC DISTORTION CURVES MEASURED AT 10% AES INPUT It is very important to avoid maximum voice coil temperature. Since moving
POWER, 1 m coil resistance (RE) varies with temperature according to a well known law,
we can calculate the temperature inside the voice coil by measuring the
140 voice coil DC resistance:
æR öæ 1 ö
TB = TA + çç B - 1÷÷ çç TA - 25 + ÷
è RA øè a 25 ÷ø
120 TA , TB= voice coil temperatures in °C.
RA , RB= voice coil resistances at temperatures TA and TB, respectively.
a25= voice coil wire temperature coefficient at 25 °C.
dB

100 POWER COMPRESSION

Voice coil resistance rises with temperature, which leads to efficiency
reduction. Therefore, if after doubling the applied electric power to the driver
we get a 2 dB rise in SPL instead of the expected 3 dB, we can say that
80 power compression equals 1 dB. An efficient cooling system to dissipate
voice coil heat is very important to reduce power compression.

NON-LINEAR VOICE COIL PARAMETERS

60 Due to its close coupling with the magnetic assembly, the voice coil in
20 200 20k electrodynamic loudspeakers is a very non-linear circuit. Using the non-
Hz linear modeling parameters Krm, Kxm, Erm and Exm from an empirical
Response Curve. B
K
model, we can calculate voice coil impedance with good accuracy.
Distortion Curve, 2nd harmonic.
Distortion Curve, 3rd harmonic.
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TEST ENCLOSURE
65-liter volume with a duct ø 4” by 0.8” length.
Kapton® : Du Pont trademark.

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