SEAS Prestige CA12RCY (H1152) 4.5" Coated Paper Cone Woofer

Manufacturer: Seas Prestige

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Product ID: h1152

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SEAS Prestige CA12RCY (H1152) 4.5" (120mm) Coated Paper Cone Woofer- 120mm- 8 ohm

SEAS Prestige CA12RCY (H1152) 4.5" (120mm) Coated Paper Cone Woofer- 120mm- 8 ohm

Natural rubber surround and handcoated paper cone with coated fabric dust cap, reduce resonances and distortion.
Large magnet system and a symmetrical driving force accomplished through a special coil winding technique for the voice coil gives an excellent linearity.
Very large magnet system provides a reasonable efficiency and a low Q.
Extremely stiff and stable injection moulded metal basket keeps the critical components in perfect alignment.
Large windows in the basket both above and below the spider reduce sound reflexion, air flow noise and cavity resonance to a minimum.

Enclosure suggestions:

Sealed box of 0.1 cubic foot for an F3 of 170Hz.
Vented box of 0.1 cubic foot with a 1" diameter vent by 4" long for an F3 of 85Hz.

Spec sheet: Seas Prestige CA12RCY H1152 Woofer

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SEAS Prestige CA12RCY (H1152)

Reviewed by raster1@optonline.net on 10/16/2012

I've been a hobbyist for about 35 years, and I purchased a pair of these 4.5" Seas drivers a little over a year ago. My goal was to build a pair of small-ish bookshelf speakers, without spending a fortune. My total budget was less than $500 for the finished pair. Also, I already had a few small, cheap AuraSound titanium dome tweeters that I wanted to do something with. And so, after looking around at different mid-woofers and modeling various combinations on my computer, I settled upon these SEAS Prestige CA12RCY (H1152) drivers for my project. I won't bore everyone with a lot of techno-babble... I'll just say that I was STUNNED by how good the finished product sounded. I really wasn't expecting these little drivers to be very impressive -- I just wanted them to sound relatively clean and well-behaved. So imagine my surprise when these tiny 4.5" drivers were cranking all the way down to 80 Hz. (vented box), without ever once sounding strained! Their overall clarity and lack of noticeable distortion, even when being fed nearly 70 watts apiece, was equally surprising. Bottom line: these little drivers are, in my opinion, the very best that I have ever heard within their price range. They totally blew me away... and I am not easily pleased at all. Now I'm wondering how a dozen of them would sound in a line array.

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Reviewed on 09/27/2012

Product review of H1152, 'I purchased one of these little gems and matted it with an older version which was not quite as massive. I did not build the cabinets myself but once they were installed I was very surprised as to the level of performance that I am receiving. It is hard to imagine that these are only 4 1/2 inch speakers. Distortion seems to be very low and there is a surprising low end. When I play music with lots of low frequency content, it is there. These speakers seem to be very accurate. I am an audiophile from the 50's and this speaker blows me away. I would recommend this speaker for any home but use a good amplifier. I use a small studio amp made by Stewart which only produces 25 watts a channel with 50 watts total in stereo. I have these in my computer/listening room. I couldn't be more pleased. Cal Senechal, long time audiophile' Review by Calvin Senechal. Posted by Madisound.