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Where the figures for MB620-8 come from

I take every figure from Dayton Audio's own product page or datasheet where I can. This lists where each figure on the MB620-8 page came from.

  • 28 from Dayton Audio's product page
  • 3 from Dayton Audio's datasheet
  • 3 worked out from Dayton Audio's figures
  • 4 from NB Audio's listing

General

Driver type Mid-Woofer NB Audio's listing
Nominal size 6.5" NB Audio's listing
Nominal impedance 8Ω Maker's product page
Series Professional High Power Midbass NB Audio's listing
Power handling (RMS) 200 W Maker's product page
Power handling (program) 400 W Maker's product page
Sensitivity 94 dB Maker's product page
Frequency range 100 – 7,000 Hz Maker's product page
Suggested alignment Ported NB Audio's listing

Thiele/Small parameters

Resonant frequency (Fs) 104 Hz Maker's product page
DC resistance (Re) 5.47 Ω Maker's product page
Voice coil inductance (Le) 0.93 mH Maker's product page
Mechanical Q (Qms) 4.29 Maker's product page
Electrical Q (Qes) 0.69 Maker's product page
Total Q (Qts) 0.59 Maker's product page
Equivalent volume (Vas) 6.77 L Maker's product page
Compliance (Cms) 0.274 mm/N Maker's product page
Moving mass (Mms) 8.59 g Maker's product page
Mechanical resistance (Rms) 1.308 kg/s Worked out from the maker's figures
Force factor (Bl) 6.68 T·m Maker's product page
Effective piston area (Sd) 132.7 cm² Maker's product page
Linear excursion (Xmax, one-way) 2 mm Maker's product page
Displacement volume (Vd) 26.55 cm³ Worked out from the maker's figures
Efficiency bandwidth product (EBP) 150.7 Worked out from the maker's figures

Motor

Magnet weight 0.936 kg Maker's product page
Voice coil wire CCA Maker's product page

Mounting

Overall diameter 167 mm Maker's datasheet
Cutout diameter 147 mm Maker's product page
Mounting depth 80.01 mm Maker's product page
Bolt circle diameter 156 mm Maker's datasheet
Mounting holes 4 Maker's product page
Mounting hole diameter 5 mm Maker's datasheet
Voice coil diameter 50.8 mm Maker's product page
Weight 2.858 kg Maker's product page

Materials

Cone Paper Maker's product page
Surround Cloth Maker's product page
Basket Steel Maker's product page
Magnet Ferrite Maker's product page

Not on file: Flange thickness. Either the maker doesn't publish it or I haven't found it yet.

What the labels mean

  • Maker's product page: copied from the maker's product page.
  • Maker's datasheet: read off the maker's own datasheet or drawing.
  • Worked out from the maker's figures: Vd = Sd × Xmax, EBP = Fs ÷ Qes.
  • NB Audio's listing: how I've filed it in the store.

Check them yourself: Dayton Audio MB620-8 Specifications