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8'' High Excursion Woofer - 120W RMS 4ohmMCM Audio Select Part #: 55-2421  |  MCM Order #: 55-2421

8" High Excursion Woofer
This high performance woofer features extremely long throw design for outstanding low frequency response, thought impossible of drivers this size. Optimized for vented enclosures, it is great for home theater or autosound applications, as a compact subwoofer, or as a woofer in a three–way design.

Wanting something even more stout? Check out our new Die Cast Version of this popular driver.

Product Description

  • Rigid lightweight paper cone
  • Treated foam surround
  • Bumped magnet and vented pole piece
  • Heavy duty stamped steel basket

    Specifications:

  • Power capacity: 120W/240W RMS/peak
  • Frequency response: 25Hz ~ 1KHz
  • Nominal impedance: 4Ω
  • Voice coil diameter: 2"
  • Magnet weight: 47oz.
  • Sensitivity: 87dB W/M
  • Fs: 25.7Hz
  • Re: 3.4Ω
  • Le: 2.47mH
  • Qms: 14.0
  • Qes: 0.22
  • Qts: 0.22
  • Vas: 30.43 liters
  • Mms: 59.78g
  • Xmax: 8mm (one-way)
  • Magnet gap height: 8mm
  • BL: 12.99
  • Piston diameter: 163mm

    Dimensions:

  • Overall frame diameter: 8.25"
  • Required cutout: 7.125" diameter
  • Mounting depth: 4.5"

  • Product Reviews

    • "Part of good <$100 sub for home theater" by pemrich on 11/23/2007
      Overall: 3.5 out of 5
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      Top 25 Contributor

      Great small vented design from AudioXpress produces outstanding crisp clear bass using the speaker and an MCM subamp like the 50-6272. Really shakes the floor. I built several of these, one speaker failed after a year, thus the low quality rating. Wait for these to go on sale for <$25 and the amps for ~$50, that's value!

    • "outstanding" by chwojdak on 5/14/2008
      Overall: 5 out of 5
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      The high excursion along with the low Fs made this driver in a 1 cu ft enclosure outperform larger subs I have built. This guy and your 100watt module for less than $100 will wipe out way more expensive units.

    • "Great woofer - great price." by jcmbowman on 3/15/2010
      Overall: 5 out of 5
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      Quality:

      I bought this woofer for a horn-loaded car subwoofer (An Autotuba designed by Bill Fitzmaurice, to be specific) and was amazed at the output of this box. It went over so well that my wife stole mine until I built a second one for her car. I love the look on people's faces when I explain that all I've got running is a 100 watt 8" driver that cost less than $50. It replaced a dual-10" loaded sealed box that cost $600 altogether and used 1200 watts. And the new box is louder and cleaner. Awesome driver.

    • "MCM 55-2421 Tapped Horn system" by tsloms on 1/9/2010
      Overall: 5 out of 5
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      Quality:

      I purchased this sub to build a tapped horn enclosure for it. I am using a cheap 115W amp to power it in a tapped horn enclosure about 2 cubic feet in size. This system by itself is powerful enough to hang with most 10" and 12" subs in much larger enclosures. For the price this sub cannot be beat.

    • "Very Powerful Woofer" by Odougbo on 12/16/2009
      Overall: 5 out of 5
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      Quality:

      I was impressed with this woofer in a 2 cubic foot ported enclosure tuned to 30 htz and a MCM 200 watt amplifier, the bass bubbles down extremely low. However, I decided to try two woofers face to face in a 1 cubic ported enclosure (excluding the slotted port, again tuned to 30htz). The results are incredible, tremendously low, powerful bass. I did switch to a 200 watt stereo amp set in a bridged mode. Speakers are connected in series so the speaker load is 8 ohms. This speaker has a noticeably smooth response from 25htz – to 100htz. A wonderful speaker and a great value, I may try the cast iron version next.

    • "Surprised" by hooviemoto87 on 2/8/2009
      Overall: 4.5 out of 5
      Value:
      Quality:

      I installed this 8" woofer in a Toyota RAV4. I mounted it in a .24 cu. ft. ported enclosure (along with an 8" grill MCM 50-525 and matching blue carpet). It was hard installing a 13" port in that small of a box, but it was worth it! I powered this woofer with a Power Acoustik OV2-420 car amplifier. Let me tell you, this speaker surprised me after I installed it. It handles the 190 watts RMS well and complemented the stock speaker system well. I couldn't believe you could hear the woofer outside the RAV4. The stock system had too much midbass, so to balance it out, I turned down the bass knob and turned up the subwoofer. I would argue that this sub has better sound quality and more deep bass than some more expensive subs that I have heard that require much larger boxes. Why would you take up your whole cargo area when you can build a box the size of a sheet of paper? Only complaint I have is the paper cone. Hopefully it holds up to the elements and 140 degree heat. Great Speaker.

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    Specifications & Package Dimensions
    Weight:8.57 lbs.
    Hazardous:No
    RoHS Comp:Yes
    Warranty:365 days
    Need to Return?
    Length:8.5 in.
    Width:8.5 in.
    Height:6.75 in.
    Shipping Information
    Extra Shipping Charge:No
    Catalog Pages
    Catalog/Page:MCM Cat 54, Page 123
    MCM Cat 53, Page 109
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    Mfr. Name:MCM Audio Select
    Mfr. Part Number:55-2421