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Features

Hemispherical Polymineral Cone with Inverted Structural Dome

(ISD) means high rigidity under pressure for accurate linear control, low enclo-

sure pressure loss to reduce "pump-down", high internal damping, and excellent

sunlight, pollution and moisture resistance.

Double-Stitched Surround prevents cone/surround separation at

high excursions.

Blackened Pole Piece maximizes heat transfer for long voice coil life.

Extended Pole Piece allows cooler operation for superior power handling

and magnetic field linearity around voice coil gap for enhanced control.

Vented Pole Piece relieves low bass-robbing pressure under the center

dome.

Extended Backplate prevents damaging voice coil "bottoming".

Perimeter Venting for measurably lower operating temperature and freer

cone motion.

Hi-Temp Kaptonﬁ Voice Coil Former protects against warped, rubbing

voice coils.

Dual Long-Throw Voice Coils A speaker can obtain extreme Xmax only when

the voice coil is long enough and can sustain the stress.

Spring-Loaded Nickel Plated Terminals for solid connections with large

gauge speaker wire.

High Power Lead Wires resist lead breakage and reduce power robbing

resistance losses.

CVR8/CVR10/CVR12/CVR15/CVR18

Congratulations! You have just purchased one of the most flexible subwoofers yet

from KICKER. Your CompVR sub is designed to give you great bass performance in a

wide variety of applications. These installations instructions will help you get the most

out of your new KICKER sub. Thanks for buying KICKER. Enjoy!

Summary of content (8 pages)

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CVR8/CVR10/CVR12/CVR15/CVR18 Congratulations! You have just purchased one of the most flexible subwoofers yet from KICKER. Your CompVR sub is designed to give you great bass performance in a wide variety of applications. These installations instructions will help you get the most out of your new KICKER sub. Thanks for buying KICKER.
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Box Building Tips The material of choice for building a strong box is 3/4" MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard). Cross bracing is a good idea to help reduce panel vibration. Strips of 3/4" by 2" wood work well for tying the panels together. HDF (High Density Fiberboard) is also good as is a really good grade of plywood (such as marine grade 7 or 13 ply). Regular particle board is not very good for speaker enclosures. It is flexible and will crumble when you try to screw the woofer in.
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Multiple Woofer Enclosures If you are building enclosures for more than one woofer, they should always be divided to maintain the correct airspace for each woofer. There are a couple of reasons for this. First of all, not all woofers are exactly the same. If there are slight differences between the woofers in a common enclosure, at certain frequencies one woofer may think it's in a larger enclosure than intended. This can affect the power handling capability.
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Sealed box mounting A very smooth bass response with good low bass extension is achieved when the Kicker CompVR woofers are mounted in a correctly built sealed box with the correct airspace. Sealed (acoustic suspension) designs have been a favorite here at Kicker since the original Competition Series was introduced. We build just about all of our show vehicles with sealed boxes for the smooth response, good power handling and great sound quality they offer.
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Vented Box Mounting Almost as easy to build as the sealed box, the vented or ported enclosure can give you more output at certain bass frequencies. Although this design has an output advantage at some frequencies it also has a sharper rolloff characteristic which will only affect the lowest of bass frequencies. Overall a correctly designed vented enclosure will have some "free" output provided by the port itself.
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Specifications Model CVR8 CVR10 CVR12 SPL 1W/1M 83.0dB 85.6dB 86.4dB Displacement, cc CVR15 CVR18 88.5dB 89.5dB 673.5 982.3 2001.2 3992.6 6513.39 Displacement, cu in 41.1 75.3 122.1 243.6 397.4 Hole cutout, in. dia. 7 9-5/32 10-15/16 13-3/4 16-5/16 Mounting Depth, in. 3-15/16 5-7/16 7-1/2 8-1/4 Revc 7.58 Ohms Sd, SqM ,0214 BL, TM 11.79 Vas, Liters 14.11 7.75 Ohms .0379 6 7.81 Ohms 7.18 Ohms 7.38 Ohms .05321 .0881 0.1178 17.65 18.3 19.78 25.69 40.40 92.
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SPEAKER SYSTEMS LIMITED WARRANTY Kicker warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use for a period of THREE (3) MONTHS from date of original purchase. When purchased from an Authorized KICKER Dealer it is warranted for ONE (1) YEAR from date of original purchase. If the product is labeled “B Stock” and purchased from an Authorized KICKER Dealer, it is warranted for THREE (3) MONTHS from date of purchase, regardless of place of installation.
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