B&W CT 8 SW

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Contents 1 Description 2 Specifications 2.1 Description 2.2 Loudspeakers 2.3 Frequency Response 2.4 Power Rating 2.5 Sensitivity 2.6 Impedance 2.7 Dimensions 2.8 Net Weight

[edit] Description

• Manufacturer: B&W

Subwoofers in home theatre systems can sometimes sound like 'add-ons'. This is because setting up a subwoofer for both a high quality music performance and a good impact in an audio-visual performance can be a compromise. But it needn’t be that way.

The CT8 SW is a passive subwoofer designed to handle the Low-Frequency Effects (LFE) channel, not by blunt addition but by extension of CT8 FR front speaker bandwidth down to 13Hz, reproducing the LFE signals without risking musical dynamics and imaging. A subwoofer used with each CT8 LR, controlled by the CT8 XO crossover/equaliser means that low-frequency effects are integrated with the front speakers, removing even a whiff of compromise. Closed box loading, a Rohacell driver, and a 70 litre Matrix-braced enclosure together mean home good theatre bass.

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[edit] Specifications

[edit] Description

• Closed Subwoofers, Matrix inner stiffening and active crossover

[edit] Loudspeakers

• 1 x 380-mm-carbon fibre-/Rohacell sandwich cone woofer

[edit] Frequency Response

• 13 Hz and 40 Hz (-6 dB)
• 18Hz - 35Hz (+ /-3dB on reference axis)

[edit] Power Rating

• 1000W

[edit] Sensitivity

• 90 dB SPL (2.83 V, 1 m)

[edit] Impedance

• 8 ohms (minimum 4.0 ohms)

[edit] Dimensions

• Height: 475 mm
• Width: 475 mm
• Depth: 475 mm

[edit] Net Weight

• 35 kg