DS18 - Bringing Power To Passion
Conceived during 2007 as Spirit before being renamed 2013 as DS18; this American powerhouse is a leading electronics manufacturer that focuses on professional audio equipment for all vehicles. With products are designed and engineered in the USA, the company is headquartered in Miami Florida and creates more than two-hundred unique pieces of professional-grade audio equipment annually. Due to this consistency and dedication to the craft DS18 enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a company highly specialised in the professional development of speakers, receivers, amplifiers, components, and a plethora of other products for car audio and home audio systems.

DXQ Series – When You Need Quality And Quantity
Naturally we all desire the very best performance from our speakers. However also residing within many of us is a mischievous little wild streak, that one which haphazardly likes to push the volume to eleven. To pull off this feat it takes a masterfully crafted type of speaker, one which is capable of blending incredible accuracy and copious levels of output. This encapsulates the concept of the DXQ series perfectly. These carefully designed speakers competently blend finesse with muscle, representing an aural encounter most satisfying.

Design Ideologies
The DXQ series are the flagship drivers from world renown US designer DS18. Available in a range of sizes and boasting two different magnet options, they’ve been developed as a complete audio solution for professional-grade sound. Strong whilst accurate; the DXQ drivers are able to cover a extremely wide frequency range from 35Hz to 20kHz, providing an immersive and most detailed listening experience.

Bringing The Force – The Woofers
The foundation of this system are the 6.5″ / 165 mm woofers, crafted with yellow straw and composite foam hybrid cones. They’re designed for lightweight and ultra-high rigidity. This combination provides a tight and accurate bass and mid-bass response. It also minimises distortion and maximizes durability.

The Delectable Middle – The Midranges
The 3.5″ / 90 mm midrange driver bridges the gap flawlessly. Its composite cone delivers smooth, natural sound that reproduces vocals and instruments with incredible clarity. It also boasts an ultra-strong neodymium motor structure, allowing for most accurate high-speed middle register transients.

Ultra Detailed Highs – The Tweeters
Completing the set is the 1.1″ / 28 mm silk dome tweeter with a powerful neodymium magnet. Its lightweight design allows for fast transient response and crisp detail that cuts through road noise with aplomb. The tweeter’s silk diaphragm produces smooth highs, devoid of any harshness or peaks.

Brains Of The Brawn – The Crossovers
Meticulously designed three-way passive crossovers separate the frequencies between the woofers, midranges and tweeters. With points at 800 Hz and 3.8 kHz, these crossovers ensure each driver performs optimally across the entire spectrum, not only in bandwidth but phase too.

Ease Of Installation
With a shallow mounting depths for the four smaller drivers, not to mention compact basket and magnet sizes too; the DXQ6C3N fits most factory locations and custom setups effortlessly.

Design Features
The vast heritage of this astute and practical designer, together with its ever-increasing technical acumen; is conducive to these components featuring a vast array of impressive design ideologies and latest technological advancements. Some of these include the following:
– Yellow straw and composite foam hybrid cones.
– Silk dome tweeters, specially coated by hand.
– Magnetically inert, aerodynamically transparent alloy basket and housing for very low distortion.
– CNC crafted and machined components.
– Multi-part housing with special acoustic details to optimise overall linearity and frequency response.
– Woofers are optimised for extremely accurate low frequency behavior, as reflected via their low resonance frequency.
– High-energy neodymium magnet motor exerts an extremely dense flux over the coil.
– Advanced vented motor and magnet system to eradicate thermal issues.
– Audio viscous damping with special acoustic materials.
– Gold plated push terminals for large cables and corrosion resistance.

Electrical Specifications
– Nominal configuration: three-way 6.5″ & 3″ & 1″ active component set
– Continuous power handling: 180 Watts
– Maximum power handling: 360 Watts
– Voice coil diameter: 35.5 mm
– Frequency response: 35 Hz – 20000 Hz
– Sensitivity: 91 dB
– DC resistance (Re): 3.5 Ohms
– Resonant frequency (Fs): 55 Hz
– Xmax: +/- 5 mm
– Compliance (Vas): 10.8 l
– Total Q (Qts): 0.414
– Mechanical Q (Qms): 13.087
– Electrical Q (Qes): 0.428

Physical Specifications
– Mounting diameter: 145 mm
– Mounting depth: 77.5 mm
– Weight: 3.5 kg

Documentation
– User manual

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.