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Legatia L3V2 Wide-Bandwidth Midrange/Full-Range
History
The Legatia L3V2’s topology is an enhanced “version 2” of the massively successful first-generation
Legatia L3 transducer, which was launched in April 2006 to an enthusiastic reception of car audio
competitors, enthusiasts, and car audiophiles. The Legatia L3 was Hybrid Audio’s very first speaker
offering, and quickly established the company as a high-quality speaker manufacturer. In the years
since its inception, the L3 midrange has been included in several national- and world-championship
vehicles.
When it came time to enhance the L3, we were very cognoscente of the L3’s ability as a small-format
midrange, and had three general project objectives: 1) enhance the L3’s ability to effectively
reproduce a wider frequency spectrum for possible application as a dedicated full-range driver in a
two-way application, or in a wide-bandwidth three-way application, 2) to enhance the L3’s distortion
and inductance specifications, and 3) to improve power handling, sensitivity, motor strength, and
impulse response through more displacement and lighter moving mass, and the inclusion of a
proprietary opposing neo-ferrite motor system. The Legatia L3V2 joined Hybrid Audio Technologies’
Legatia L1V2 and L8V2 as the third driver in the Legatia series to be enhanced with performance
eclipsing the first iteration of each design. To this end, the L3V2 development began in January
2011, and the first prototypes were developed by company founder and lead designer Scott Buwalda.
By early Summer 2011, a beta prototype pair of Legatia L3V2’s had been refined after hundreds of
hours of testing and development; these highly-evolved drivers were sent to various national- and
world-championship competitors for real-world evaluation. After countless hours testing on the
speakers under various circumstances, both as a dedicated midrange and as a wide-bandwidth full-
range driver, final approval was given. Production refinements were late Summer of 2011, to
incorporate features inclusive and proprietary to the Legatia line, and final production commenced
September 2011. The Legatia L3V2 was launched in October 2011 and is the reference 3.7-inch
driver in Hybrid Audio’s product category known collectively as the Legatia Series.
Attributes
The Legatia L3V2 is a 93mm (3.7-inch) “small format” wide-bandwidth midrange/full-range driver to
compliment both two-way and three-way system designs, where a point-source midrange and/or full-
range driver is required. The following are the L3V2’s design attributes:
Basket
The basket of the L3V2 is a shared design with the Legatia L3SE for easy upgrade potential; the
L3V2 and L3SE are interchangeable in mounting topology. The basket is a high-quality cast
aluminum design, and contains a 93mm flange providing for the mounting of the driver via four screw
holes (the use of 3mm cap head screws is ideal). The overall dimensions of the driver are very
amenable for use in the car audio environment, and in locations typical of the standard “3-inch” driver,
or in custom locations at the discretion of the end-user, boasting a depth of just 43mm (1.69-inch).
The basket features large openings behind the cone to eliminate chuffing and other aerodynamic-
based noises, as well as provides adequate communication to the back of the cone for acoustic
suspension and proper operation.