JL Audio Dominion d108

8-inch (200 mm) Powered Subwoofer - Gloss Black

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JL Audio Item # d108-GLOSS

JL Audio Dominion d108

8-inch (200 mm) Powered Subwoofer - Gloss Black

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Overview

Powered Subwoofer with 8-inch Subwoofer, 500 watts


Born from JL Audio’s vast collection of advanced technologies, Dominion® powered subwoofers combine a state-of-the-art Subwoofer and an advanced Class D amplifier to deliver unmatched performance and value for a wide variety of compact applications.


Purpose-built to reproduce powerful low-frequency events with stunning impact and precision, the Dominion® driver employs JL Audio’s exclusive DMA (Dynamic Motor Analysis) technology to produce higher output levels with reduced distortion, as well as improved dynamic tracking and resolution. As a result, Dominion® subwoofers are capable of peak-to-peak excursions well in excess of 2.5-inches (63 mm - d108), and 2.7 inches (68 mm – d110), without distress or audible distortion.

Dynamic Motor Analysis - DMA Optimized Motor


Summary:
JL Audio's proprietary Dynamic Motor Analysis system is a powerful suite of FEA-based modeling systems, first developed by JL Audio in 1997 and refined over the years to scientifically address the issue of speaker motor linearity. This leads to vastly reduced distortion and faithfully reproduced transients... or put simply: tight, clean, articulate bass.


Detailed Information:
DMA is a Finite Element Analysis (FEA)-based system, meaning that it takes a large, complex problem, breaks it down into small solution elements for analysis and then assembles the data to form an accurate, "big-picture" solution. DMA's breakthrough is that it actually considers the effects of power through the coil as well as coil/cone position within the framework of a time-domain analysis. This gives us a highly accurate model of a speaker's actual behavior under real power, something that the traditional Thiele-Small models or other low power measurements cannot do. Because DMA does not rely on a steady-state model, it is able to consider shifts in the circuit elements being analyzed. These modeling routines are intense, requiring hours to run for a whole speaker.


DMA is able to analyze the real effects of fluctuating power and excursion upon the magnetic circuit of the motor, specifically the dynamic variations of the "fixed" magnetic field. This delivers intensely valuable information compared to traditional modeling, which assumes that the "fixed" field produced in the air gap by the magnet and the motor plates is unchanging. Analyzing this behavior is critical to understanding the distortion mechanisms of a speaker motor and sheds light on the aspects of motor design that determine truly linear behavior:


1. Linear motor force over the speaker's operational excursion range


2. Consistent motor force with both positive and negative current through the coil


3. Consistent motor force at varying applied power levels
The payoff is reduced distortion, improved transient performance and stellar sound quality.


True 2-Way Crossover


Summary:
Built-in two-way crossover permits easy integration into two channel audio systems.


Detailed Information:
In high-performance audio systems, a crossover's function is to act as a gateway, filtering and directing precise audio signals towards each speaker as appropriate for its driver's particular size. For example, with a conventional two-way home theater or home audio system, the smaller, main stereo speakers are tasked with reproducing the mid to upper frequency ranges, while larger subwoofers are responsible for the lower frequencies.


Designed with system versatility and practicality in mind, the E-Sub's onboard active crossover can be used in two distinct modes.


• When engaged, it sends a 24 dB/octave, low-pass signal to the E-Sub's internal amplifier, while also feeding an alternate 24 dB/octave, high-pass signal to the "Line Outputs" located on the E-Sub's rear connection panel. The result is a true, two-way, 24 dB/octave, Linkwitz-Riley crossover configuration between the E-Sub and the main stereo speakers, without requiring an additional, external crossover.


• When the E-Sub's crossover is not in use, its "Line Outputs" will deliver a buffered, pass-0through signal that is identical to the signal feeding its "Line Inputs". This application is beneficial in multi subwoofer installations to pass a receiver/pre-pro's subwoofer signal from one E-Sub to additional E-Subs.


Vented Reinforcement Collar


Summary:
JL Audio's Vented Reinforcement Collar (VRC®) improves the rigidity and stability of the cone/spider/voice coil junction and directs airflow over the voice coil windings for improved thermal performance.


Detailed Information:
The Vented Reinforcement Collar (VRC®) is a composite structure that addresses two issues related to reliability.
By reinforcing the critical junction between the cone, voice coil and spider, the VRC greatly reduces failures due to glue breakdown or material weakness. It does this by greatly increasing adhesive contact area and providing stress relief to the spider material at excursion extremes.


Vented Reinforcement Collar Diagram


The VRC™ also features slots that facilitate air flow directly onto the voice coil windings. This reduces thermal compression effects and enhances reliability.
Current versions of the VRC™ also incorporate lead-wire strain relief structures to improve mechanical reliability.


Floating Cone Attach Method - FCAM™ (U.S. Patent #6,501,844)


Summary:
This assembly technique, conceived by JL Audio, ensures proper surround geometry in the assembled speaker for better excursion control and dynamic voice coil alignment.


Detailed Information:
JL Audio's patented FCAM™ technology is an innovative method of bonding the surround/cone assembly to the voice coil former/spider assembly. This feature helps ensure concentricity of the surround, spider and voice coil without torquing the suspension to achieve it. This allows for the inevitable, slight variations in production part dimensions without having them negatively impact the integrity of the suspension and coil-centering at high excursions.


Engineered Lead-Wire System (U.S. Patent #7,356,157)


Summary:
Carefully engineered lead-wire design and attachments ensure controlled, quiet lead-wire behavior under the most extreme excursion demands.


Detailed Information:
Managing the lead-wires on a long-excursion woofer is one of the trickier aspects of its mechanical design. To address this, many long-excursion woofers today rely on a simple solution that weaves the lead-wires into the spider (rear suspension) of the driver.


The biggest problem with this approach is that spider limiting behavior plays a hugely important role a woofer's performance. Lead-wires that are attached or woven into the spider material can alter the spider's "stretching" behavior. The tinsel wire naturally has less 'give' than the fabric material of the spider leading to asymmetrical spider behavior and non-uniform stress distribution around the spider circumference. The wire attachment points can also cause localized pulling and tearing forces at the spider's excursion limits. As such, longevity becomes a major concern and makes the woven-in design less than ideal for very long-excursion designs.


While a traditional 'flying lead' design does not compromise spider linearity or radial stability, it creates its own challenges on a long-excursion woofer. Managing the 'whipping' behavior of the wire and making sure it does not contact the cone or spider is one challenge. Another is ensuring that the leads do not short one another or the frame of the woofer.


To overcome these issues, JL Audio's engineered flying lead-wires work in conjunction with carefully engineered entry and exit support structures molded into the terminals and the voice coil collar. Some models also feature jacketed lead-wires to further reduce the likelihood of shorting and fatigue. The result is flawless high-excursion lead-wire behavior, with outstanding reliability and none of the compromises inherent to a woven-in lead wire system. Building woofers this way requires much more labor and parts complexity than the simpler woven-in approach, but the payoff is in reduced distortion, reduced mechanical noise and improved reliability.


Built in U.S.A. with Global Components


Summary:
JL Audio's Miramar, Florida loudspeaker production facility is one of the most advanced in the world.

Details & Specs

General Specifications 

Enclosure Type: Sealed


Enclosure Finish: Black Gloss


Frequency Response (Anechoic): 31 - 112 Hz (±1.5dB)
-3 dB at 29 Hz / 119 Hz
-10 dB at 21 Hz / 143 Hz


Effective Piston Area (Sd): 32.18 sq in / 0.0208 sq m


Effective Displacement: 80 cu in / 1.3 L


Amplifier Power: 500 W RMS short-term


Power Mode: Automatic (Signal-Sensing)


Light Modes: N/A

Signal Processing 


Unbalanced Inputs: Stereo or Mono (two RCA jacks)


Balanced Inputs: N/A


Speaker/High-Level Inputs: Stereo or Mono (removeable plug)


Input Grounding: Isolated or Grounded


Input Modes: N/A


Level Control: Variable, from full mute to +15dB over reference gain


Filter Mode(s): Low-Pass


Filter Slope(s): 24 dB/octave


Filter Frequency Range: 25 Hz - 130 Hz


Filter Defeat Function: Yes


Polarity: 0 or 180 degrees


Phase: Variable, 0- 280 degrees, referenced to 80 Hz
Extreme Low Frequency (E.L.F.) Trim N/A


Line Outputs: N/A


Output to Slave: N/A


Calibration Mode: N/A

Physical specifications 


Width (W): 10 in / 254 mm


Height (H): 11.37 in / 289 mm


Depth (D): 13.23 in / 336 mm


Net Weight: 26.4 lb / 12 kg


Note: Height dimensions include feet. Depth dimensions include grilles.

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