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Where the figures for SB15SFCR39-4 come from

I take every figure from SB Acoustics' own product page or datasheet where I can. This lists where each figure on the SB15SFCR39-4 page came from.

  • 24 from SB Acoustics' product page
  • 2 from SB Acoustics' datasheet
  • 2 worked out from SB Acoustics' figures
  • 3 from NB Audio's listing

General

Driver type Mid-Woofer NB Audio's listing
Nominal size 5x8" NB Audio's listing
Nominal impedance 4Ω Maker's product page
Power handling (RMS) 80 W Maker's product page
Sensitivity 90 dB Maker's product page
Suggested alignment Either NB Audio's listing

Thiele/Small parameters

Resonant frequency (Fs) 31 Hz Maker's product page
DC resistance (Re) 3.5 Ω Maker's product page
Voice coil inductance (Le) 0.91 mH Maker's product page
Mechanical Q (Qms) 6.57 Maker's product page
Electrical Q (Qes) 0.34 Maker's product page
Total Q (Qts) 0.32 Maker's product page
Equivalent volume (Vas) 49.9 L Maker's product page
Compliance (Cms) 1.11 mm/N Maker's product page
Moving mass (Mms) 23.6 g Maker's product page
Mechanical resistance (Rms) 0.7 kg/s Maker's product page
Force factor (Bl) 6.9 T·m Maker's product page
Effective piston area (Sd) 178 cm² Maker's product page
Linear excursion (Xmax, one-way) 5.5 mm Maker's product page
Displacement volume (Vd) 97.9 cm³ Worked out from the maker's figures
Efficiency bandwidth product (EBP) 91.18 Worked out from the maker's figures

Motor

Voice coil height 17 mm Maker's product page
Air gap height 6 mm Maker's product page
Magnetic flux density 0.94 T Maker's product page
Magnet weight 0.54 kg Maker's product page

Mounting

Faceplate Not round, 153 × 252.8 mm (see the maker's drawing) Maker's datasheet
Mounting depth 84 mm Maker's datasheet
Voice coil diameter 38.5 mm Maker's product page
Weight 1.65 kg Maker's product page

Materials

Cone Paper Maker's product page
Surround Rubber Maker's product page

Not on file: Outside diameter, Cutout, Bolt circle, 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: 5×8″ SBSB15SFCR39-4 Datasheet