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PP6-M

6.5" Marine PowerPipe Subwoofer

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Inconspicuous by design, James PowerPipe Subwoofers offer seamless fusion of visionary technology and revolutionary performance.

The basic design behind the Power Pipe is to move large amounts of air through a relatively small hose, which resonates at a tuned frequency of about 35Hz. This is achieved through the design of the driver and surrounding sealed cabinet composition. Because the woofer has been tuned with its acoustical peak in the region of frequencies where bass energy in music and movie soundtracks tend to be greatest, the driver can operate at the frequencies within its linear cone excursion range, and rely on the band pass flextube to simply “amplify” its output.

Features all aluminum drivers mounted inside a sealed enclosure. The front of each unit features a sealed band pass port, where the flextube attaches and from there connects to any number of available port options.

The optional James M1000 DSP amplifier can power one or two PP6-M subwoofers.

 

Specifications
Frequency Response

32-120Hz +/-3dB

Nominal Impedance

8 ohms

Sensitivity

88dB 2.83V/1m

Recommended Power Range

150 - 500W

Recommended Amplifier

M1000

Woofer

(1) 6.5" (165mm) Aluminum

Enclosure

Aircraft Marine Grade Aluminum

Finishes

Black

Width

9 in (228.60 mm)

Depth

16.875 in (428.62 mm)

Height

9.62 in (244.35 mm)

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Category FAQs
Answer:

We get at least one question per week about making a powerpipe tube longer or shorter, and ask if it is possible, or what the ramifications would be. It is important to realize that a powerpipe subwoofer is a completely integrated design including the transducer, enclosure and the tube, or port – it is a sophisticated tuned system. With that in mind, let’s look at how the tube, or port length, affects the performance. Powerpipes are a bandpass system, meaning their frequency response has a bandpass shape with a low frequency cutoff and a high frequency cut off.

In the graph below, the red curve is a perfectly tuned powerpipe. The 1W sensitivity is about 89dB, the lower -3dB point is around 25Hz and the upper -3dB point is 90 Hz – perfect for a subwoofer.

The two additional curves show the affect of using a tube which is half the correct length and twice the correct length. The longer tube (black curve) tunes the system much lower so some efficiency is lost, the lower cutoff has moved down, but so has the upper, and shape has tilted. The shorter tube (blue curve) has the opposite effect, raising the lower cutoff and raising the upper cutoff, while also raising the efficiency. Again, the curve is tilted but in the opposite direction. One thing not shown in the simulation is how much port noise is created in each tuning and at what frequency – so guessing which has the least audible affect is difficult.


So even though the tube lengths have been drastically altered, with judicial use of EQ and additional amplifier power, these 2 modified tubes might still be acceptable in an installation, so if you have no choice but to shorten or lengthen a tube by 50%, it might still work for you. But we recommended about a ±6-inch change to the tubes provided, which is always less than a 50% change. 


If you need to run a very long distance, we can modify the port diameter and possibly get you the performance you need – please call the engineering group for more information.

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