Monitor Audio IWS-10 In-Wall Subwoofer

Technology

• Rigid Die-cast chassis/basket
• Large vented pole design to reduce power compression, lower distortion and improved power handling
• High tech RDT flat ‘sandwich’ cone technology
• High quality gold plated ‘push’ type terminal – for easy installation
• 8 ohm impedance
• 50mm diameter voice coil with black anodised former –Improves convection cooling effects
• +/- 10mm of excursion – results in controlled bass at low frequencies and delivers high SPL
• Patented Tri-Grip fixing system
• Trim-less, low profile, paintable grille

C-CAM Drivers
Ceramic-Coated Aluminium/Magnesium is a material originally developed by the aerospace industry for jet engine components. Its properties are ideal for loudspeaker cones being extremely rigid, yet light enough to yield high overall efficiency. In manufacture, aluminium/magnesium alloy undergoes a three-stage stress-relieving process to remove surface deformation and molecular weakness. Once formed, the alloy cone is subjected to a high temperature anodic coating process in which a layer of pure ceramic alumina is depleted onto its surfaces to a depth of 50 microns, producing a completely rigid sandwich of alloy and heat-dissipating ceramic material.

Conventional cones are liable to flex or twist in operation, producing a significant level of audible distortion. C-CAM cones have a much higher resistance to bending stress and therefore exhibit much greater fidelity over their entire operating range. C-CAM tweeters and woofers share an audible consistency producing a smooth transition of frequencies and a sense of realism and cohesion in the soundstage.

Tri-Grip Dog Fixings
All models feature a unique Tri-Grip fixing design. This 3-position ‘dog’ style fixing provides a greater contact surface area than other types, whilst saving installation time. The Tri-Grip fixings are made from a tough re-enforced polymer, giving a secure fixing without the risk of over-tightening.

RDT
RDT is a unique technology developed specifically by Monitor Audio’s engineers for the Platinum series of loudspeakers*. Designed to reduce mass and increase cone stiffness, RDT applies ultra-thin skins of C-CAM to a core of honeycomb Nomex®** material, creating a structure which is extremely light but incredibly rigid. At only 40 microns thick, the C-CAM skins are half the thickness of a human hair, yet when bonded to the Nomex core they form an RDT cone, which is 150 times more rigid than a single layer of 200 micron C-CAM alloy, but has a fraction of the overall mass. These properties allow the cone to operate as a lightning-fast piston for a clearer more natural sound. The RDT cone’s concave geometry has been refined by FEA analysis to provide a smooth frequency response and to eradicate break-up.