Design Ideologies
Norwegian born company Seas has been designing, perfecting and manufacturing high-end sound quality speakers and subwoofers for over half a century now. Not only for the car audio and home audio OEM industry, but also for regular punters right through to full blown audiophiles and those involved within the rigorous aftermarket competition scene.
Amassed Excellence
During it’s tenure at the top this tenacious designer has amassed more knowledge and experience than most other speaker companies combined. It’s Lotus and Extreme stable of speakers and subwoofers are designed specifically for the car audio environment and though the original versions were launched years ago; these designs are continuously being perfected as technologies, methodologies and materials continue to evolve.
Performance Intrinsic To Experience
Taking advantage of it’s vast skills, experience and technical acumen gained from it’s loyal audiophile fans worldwide; Seas continues to push the boundaries of high-end speaker design. For the most sophisticated demands, Seas utilises some of the most advanced building techniques in the world. When you couple this with some of the worlds best materials available, the end result is always nothing short of breathtaking.
Handling The Big Demands
The Reference series RW220 midrange driver features a meticulously shaped treated aluminium cone, and when combined with the mechanically matching natural rubber surround the resulting midrange response is extremely fluid yet ultra-smooth. Heavy copper rings mounted above and below the T-shaped pole piece reduce non-linear and modulation distortion and increase overload margin. The large magnet system provides good sensitivity and transient response, and a extended back plate protects the former from overruns. The chrome plated brass phase plug reduces compression due to temperature variations within the voice coil, increasing long term power handling capacity and eliminating resonances within the cavity inside the voice coil former.
The extremely stiff and stable injection moulded zinc basket keeps the critical components in perfect alignment. Large windows in the basket both above and below the spider reduce sound reflection and keep airflow noise and cavity resonance to a minimum. Gold plated terminals mounted on a glass fibre reinforced plate reduce contact resistance and improve reliability.
Design Features
– Meticulously shaped aluminium cone.
– Enormous motor structure to command control.
– Extended back plate to avoid bottoming out.
– Advanced cooling system utilising large perimeter venting.
– Phase plug to project the sound forward and in a wide azimuth.
– Smooth frequency response.
– Ultra-strong voice coil and former.
Fhrx Studios’ Review –
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