Description
A passive 80dB sensitive subwoofer with a neodymium racetrack type driver. All wood sealed cabinet construction using precision CNC machined sapele plywood with a solid alder front baffle and extruded aluminum corners.
Impedance 4 ohms nominal
Sensitivity [email protected]/1M
Power handling 35W max
Response down to approx 50Hz (though we measure quite good output at 30Hz in our studio)
Dimensions 30″ tall, 5″ wide″ x 7″ deep (762mm x 127mm x 178mm)
Weight approx. 11 lbs. (5kg) per speaker
After we completed the Pipette speaker project – a tiny tapered pipe speaker for moderate listening levels with great response down to 70Hz – I suggested to designer Matt Jabloner that we cook up a complementary subwoofer for the deep bass. Matt found a very promising subwoofer driver and I crunched numbers that suggested a subwoofer cabinet the same size as the Pipette would work and be visually harmonious. Once again Matt produced a precise CNC milled cabinet composed of Sapele ply and a solid Alder front baffle with aluminum edges. Once again a mere 30 inches tall with a 5 inch by 7 inch footprint. They look like beautiful little pieces of furniture. The driver is rated down to 50Hz. In our studio with our Subette subwoofer amp there is useful output at 30hz. Setting the sub amp crossover to 70Hz results in very nicely integrated bass for the Pipettes without boom or suckouts.
The Subette amp has been designed specifically for the Subette and we give instructions to make it pretty much plug and play with your Pipette system. A pair of Pipettes with a Subette sub is a really compact wide band system – one that can, perhaps, only be made better by adding a second Subette and amp. That’s how we run the setup in our studio. You can certainly use the Subette with other subwoofer amps. We will leave that integration up to you.
This is a kit, but honestly that is only in the sense that you will install the woofer and binding post cup, connect wires and put on a finish. The Pipette cabinets do not require a super air tight assembly and thus we felt fine about delivering the cabinet as a flat pack. In the case of the Subette the sealed box needs to be really air tight and Matt felt the most reliable manufacturing process would be to make a box that is fully assembled at the factory.
