Test Bench: Tang Band W3-2088SOF Micro Home Audio Subwoofer

This a Test Bench of Tang Band's W3-2088SOF, a high XMAX 3.5" home audio RBM Micro subwoofer. The W3-2088SOF is built on an injection-molded eight-spoke frame that supports an unusual rectangular housing. The really unusual feature is that the W3-2088SOF does not use a spider. Instead it gets its compliance from two surrounds like a dual spider configuration. The voice coil former is vented below the inside diaphragm and also vented between the two diaphragm. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, January 2014.

In this Test Bench, Vance Dickason characterized a pro sound 18" ferrite woofer that quickly became one of FaitalPRO's best-sellers. This article was originally published in Voice Coil, January 2014 and it was missing from the online publications that we regularly post on the audioXpress.com website. As Vance Dickason noted at the time, the 18HW1070 is a carefully designed and crafted driver, with an impressive power handling capacity for PA applications.