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The Imagine Subwoofer – A Brief History
The Imagine I6SW was the first subwoofer ever offered by Hybrid Audio Technologies. Originally
designed to suit saddle-bag installations on touring motorcycles, the efficacy of the design was
quickly proven in a wide variety of installations in virtually any automobile, where a small vented
enclosure subwoofer could be used where space was at a premium. In Spring 2009, the first I6SW
prototypes were developed by company founder and lead designer Scott Buwalda, and the concept
of an Imagine subwoofer line-up was born.
All the while the I6SW had been developed and launched to an enthusiastic reception of enthusiasts,
custom installers, and motorcycle and ATV riders, we were working on the larger counterparts to the
Imagine I6SW, the 8-inch Imagine I8SW and the 10-inch I10SW. In January 2011, final prototypes
were approved for production after a long and strenuous program of evaluation by several Hybrid
Audio specialty retail dealers for their use and assessment in the field. The combined efforts of our
dealers and our own R&D team affirmed the design concept for a budget-friendly high-end sound
quality subwoofer, and the I8SW and I10SW product was commenced. Production began in August
2011, and was completed in October 2011, after an in-process change was made to the reverse-roll
surround to ensure reliability and longevity operation. The Imagine I8SW and I10SW were launched
in late November 2011 and complete the Imagine subwoofer offering.
Imagine Subwoofer Attributes
The Imagine subwoofers compliment a wide variety of front stage system designs. The following are
general Imagine subwoofer design attributes:
Basket/Frame
The basket of the I6SW, I8SW, and I10SW is a stamped steel design with semi-gloss black powder
coating. The frame includes spider venting for improved thermal power handling. The frame includes
reverse-roll surround tooling proprietary to Hybrid Audio Technologies, allowing for close-tolerance
flush and iso-mounting for easy grille clearance and locational clearance (such as underneath a seat,
in a touring motorcycle saddle bag, or in a center console enclosure).
Motor and Voice Coil
The motor of the Imagine subwoofer is conventional dynamic with a large, high-grade ferrite magnet
assembly with bumped and vented pole piece. The voice coil diameter for the three subwoofers is
51mm (2-inch) for elevated power handling, dissipation of heat (thereby lowering power
compression), and maximizing the size of the magnet around the voice coil for enhanced motor
compliance. The voice coil is a four-layer, high-purity aluminum, which is superior to copper for heat
dissipation, as well as significantly reduced moving mass. The result is an extremely light weight
winding, with low inductance and good power handling.
Suspension, Cone, Tinsel Leads, and Terminals
The inverted surround is butyl rubber which is highly consistent, and does not suffer the variance of
natural rubbers. This rubber surround terminates mechanical vibrations well, having a low stiffness for
positive damping of resonances. The spider material was chosen for optimal performance; the spider
is a 90/10 cotton/Nomex blend with single-dip low viscosity phenolic. This material provides the