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The large magnet, rubber surround, and heavy-duty steel frame employed by the Quatro™ subwoofers make them exceptional for car audio use. While they may not offer the extremely high excursion capabilities of some of the more expensive subwoofers on the market, the Quatro™ subs can easily handle several hundred watts of power both thermally and mechanically. In their recommended automotive sealed boxes, none of the Quatro™ woofers will exceed Xmax even at 500 watts! When you stop to consider that the average automotive subwoofer install only has 150 to 200 watts of clean power available per driver, you realize that most of the very costly Xmax you are paying for goes to waste. The extra 5 mm of Xmax took twice the money out of your wallet, and you didn't even gain any output!

The beauty of using the Quatro™ subwoofers in your vehicle is that the output level and the low-frequency cutoff of the drivers is designed to match perfectly with the rest of your stereo system. We all know that the larger the woofer, the more bass you will be able to get out of them. However, it is just as important to have smooth bass with a good transition to the rest of your speakers.

The Quatro™ sealed box cutoffs have been optimized to combine with an automobile's natural cabin gain to yield a flat frequency response. The larger the vehicle, the lower the frequency at which the cabin gain kicks in. Therefore, the larger woofers with the lower F3's will produce accurate and even bass in large vehicles, while the smaller woofers will mate well with smaller cars. When matched properly, the result is bass that is smooth and tight without the boominess typically found in the auto sound industry. Dayton Loudspeaker guarantees that the Quatro™ subwoofers will produce the tightest and cleanest bass that your car has ever heard!

Dayton Quatro 12 Inch Subwoofer Parameters and Specifications

  • Power Handling: 250 watts RMS/500 watts max
  • VCdia: 2-1/2"
  • Le: 2.5 mH
  • Znom: 4 ohms
  • Re: 3.50 ohms
  • Frequency range: 25-200 Hz
  • Magnet weight: 56 oz.
  • Fs: 27 Hz
  • SPL: 93.6 dB 2.83V/1m
  • Vas: 4.24 cu. ft.
  • Qms: 10.5
  • Qes: .37
  • Qts: .36
  • Xmax: 10 mm

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