Arc Audio – Ubiquitous Reference Standard Car Audio
Since its conception last century Arc Audio has evolved from a niche supplier to an internationally recognised leader in innovative audio products. Featuring an engineering team without peer, it now delivers its award-winning products to more than fifty countries worldwide. To Arc Audio the monika Made in America is more than just a designation of origin; it's a promise of quality that everyone at Arc Audio remains committed to. Whether it be car, bike, boat or lifestyle related audio; years of experience and acquired technical acumen is conducive to components capable of reproducing acoustics as authentically as possible, thus optimising your sonic experience and enjoyment ever further.

RS Series - The Harmony Of Resplendence And Kinetics
For the ultimate music aficionado. When Arc Audio engineers began developing the RS range of components they didn’t hold back. These component speakers broke the mould insofar as crafted quality is concerned, representing the pinnacle of advanced engineering philosophies and materials. Designed to excess by creating a synthesis of technological expertise with an aesthetically stunning design; the RS range of drivers are not only supreme in their aural reproduction, they’re also quite simply beautiful to behold. They're the complete package, able to satisfy all the senses.

Design Ideologies
Arc Audio’s award winning RS range of speakers offer performance that brings out all the subtleties and nuances of your music. When integrated into your system the RS components will see instruments sounding more realistic, voices sounding more natural and the sheer dynamics of your music will simultaneously impress and startle you. Designed for today’s active DSP based aftermarket and OEM replacement systems; the RS Series exemplifies the focus of quality and detail without having to mortgage your home to obtain it.

Aural Building Blocks
Available in matched raw sets only the RS series is available in 3″, 4″ and 6.5″ cone designs, accompanied by an elegant cast audiophile tweeter. The RS 1.0 tweeter is the perfect complement to matching with the RS 4.0 or RS 6.0 for a stunning of revealing 2-way active component system. Bring the RS 3.0 into the picture paired with the RS 1.0 and the RS 6.0 and you now have the tools to help create staging, imaging, and tonal properties capable of finest resolution possible in a vehicle.

It’s In The Details
The compact and yet sonically versatile RS 3.0 is a 3″ midrange driver perfect for active three-way systems where space is mounting applications are at a premium. With a shallow mounting depth, small format custom cast chassis design and precision designed components the RS 3.0 is the perfect match when space restrictions are at an all-time high for any reference audio or competition audio system.

Light Weight Diaphragm
The RS 3.0 features a hard-pressed composite woven papyrus damped paper design resulting is a low-mass speaker cone with exceptional strength and excellent damping characteristics for smooth and natural sound reproduction across an extremely wide band of frequencies making this a very wide band capable speaker. Papyrus was used in a wide variety of applications and products as far back as 3100 BC to create writing material and was adopted in mainstream manufacturing in audio components dating back to the late seventies. The balance of strength and durability of the Papyrus plant pith make it optimal for this application. In the new RS-Series speaker cones, the Papyrus damps vibrations and adds rigidity uniformly. The cone is attached to the cast aluminum basket with a low shore low-dampened rubber surround for optimal longevity.|

Sound Projection
Perhaps the most unique features of the RS 3.0 and RS 4.0 are their new dust caps. Long overlooked as a fundamental contributor to high-frequency distortion and in some cases inconsistencies in response at low frequencies. With these typical issues in mind, Arc Audio focused intently on eliminating the drawbacks of undamped dust caps without the need to forego effective cone area by resorting to a phase plug design. The new dust caps feature a semi-parabolic side profile that includes sharp vertical splines to add lateral rigidity. Effectively, these new dust caps remain non-resonant, even at high excursion levels and extreme frequencies. The new design exclusive to the ARC Audio RS drivers provides resonance control across the operating band typically plagued by traditional designs while balancing the low-frequency response below 400Hz to give installers and system DSP tuners an optimal starting point with a well desired natural free air response that works well with the inside of the vehicle.

The Motor Within
The motor assembly of the RS 3.0 and RS 4.0 feature a shallow design that uses a high-strength neodymium slug to provide excellent efficiency without the need for deep mounting depth requirements while retaining superior control of the speaker. With small nuances of difference between the drivers, the RS 3.0 features a distortion and inductance reducing copper cap on top the motor assembly to improve upper midrange and high-frequency performance making this a true compact wideband driver. The RS 4.0 trades the copper slug for an integrated shorting ring to reduce distortion through midrange frequencies dramatically increasing balance and smoothness of the natural response inside of the vehicle. The voice coils of the RS drivers feature CCAW winding’s that provide a low mass thermally compliant solution resulting in excellent dynamics and control with premium thermal properties. Both coils are secured on a non-conductive former that does not contribute to unwanted magnetic field creation and are tested in extensive repeated and increased power tests to verify power handling, reliability and thermal compliance of the overall speaker.

Design Features
The rich heritage of this astute and masterful designer, together with its ever-increasing technical acumen; is conducive to these components featuring a vast array of impressive design ideologies incorporating the latest technological advancements. Some of these include:
– All RS series speakers are sold as matched pairs only.
– Audiophile design, specifically for in-car environments.
– Absolute quality of materials employed in construction.
– Aerodynamically tested designs.
– Computer optimised shaping and profiling of individual elements.
– Thermally efficient motor structures with increasing thermal ratings.
– Hard-pressed composite woven papyrus damped paper diaphragm.
– Low-mass speaker cone with exceptional strength and excellent damping characteristics.
– Semi-parabolic profiled dust cap that includes sharp vertical splines to add lateral rigidity.
– Vented compact neodymium motor system for improved dynamics.
– Low shore TLS injected rubber surround.
– Flexible long life lead wires connecting to the voice coils.
– Magnetically inert cast aluminum chamber for optimized cooling.
– Low resonance basket structure.
– CNC precision machined extended copper capped pole piece assembly to minimizes modulation distortion.
– Varying voice coil induction significantly increases bandwidth, transparency and transient response.
– Precision wound voice coils and multi-stage adhesive tempering process provides higher power handling.
– All RS motors undergo a progressive temperature testing tempering.
– Made in America.

Electrical Specifications
– Nominal configuration: one-way 3″ midrange set
– Continuous power handling: 35 Watts
– Maximum power handling: 65 Watts
– Voice coil diameter: 25.4 mm
– Frequency response: 105 Hz – 18000 Hz
– Sensitivity: 89 dB
– DC resistance (Re): 4 Ohms
– Resonant frequency (Fs): 100 Hz
– Xmax: +/- 2.5 mm
– Compliance (Vas): 1.2 l
– Total Q (Qts): 0.48
– Mechanical Q (Qms): 5.86
– Electrical Q (Qes): 0.52

Physical Specifications
– Mounting diameter: 76 mm
– Mounting depth: 35.1 mm
– Weight: 0.6 kg

Important Disclaimers
Given the dynamic nature of electronics industries these days; below are listed some very important specifics you need to be aware of.

Brand Authorization And Stock Sourcing
We are a fully authorised Australian dealer of this brand and all stock is sourced through legitimate channels. It therefore enjoys full Australian warranty, backing and support.

Pricing Structure
Whilst we endeavor to offer the best price possible, we ask that if you do find a better price elsewhere from an authorised dealer; please contact us. Also be aware that we regularly conduct group buys and sales, therefore pricing can sometimes be subject to change without notice.

Stock Structure
Being a dynamic store is conducive to our inventory constantly changing. We list only a small portion of our stable online, usually products most popular. Aside from these we also stock numerous other variants and configurations of these products, hence if you don’t see what you’re after please contact us.

Shipping
All our products are shipped with registered and insured postage. Upon ordering you’ll be issued with a receipt, a consignment note via which you can track your order, and we’ll also SMS you photos of the package for identification purposes.

Technical support
This last one we cannot emphasise enough! Please contact us if you require any further information or assistance with the setup and use of this product, especially pertaining to aspects more technical. As we want you to get the very best from this product.