The Woofer Tester 2

Precision Thiele-Small & RLC Measurement

Simulation and Box Analysis

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Features
• Precision Thiele Small Measurement System using Constant Current Source
• Advanced Thiele Small Simulator with Frequency Dependent Le
• Alignment Analysis of Sealed, Vented, Passive Radiator & Band Pass Boxes
• Sophisticated Auto-Alignment Incorporates Driver Parameter Shifts
• Direct Measurement of Amplitude & Phase using DSP Filtering (not FFT interpolation)
– For Best Possible Measurement and Modeling Results
– .001 Hz resolution from 1-20 kHz (measure very low Fs drivers)
– Measures Voice Coil and Suspension Compression Effects
– RLC and Cable Measurement in 100pF-1000uF, 10nH-10H, .01-100K ohm Ranges
• Fast, < 1 Second, Real-Time Impedance & Phase (generic Impedance sweeps)
• 32 Dual Data Buffers for Testing and Overlays
• Line Level Outputs for Driver Break-in
• Zobel, T/S Tank & Air Core Inductor Calculators
• Export to ZMA, Bass Box, Leap, WOO and Text File Formats

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Thiele Small Driver Measurement

Re = 2.7341 ohms
Fs = 23.3032 Hz
Zmax = 91.5429 ohms
Qes = 0.2836
Qms = 9.2124
• Single Button Qts = 0.2751

Q/FS Tests Le = 5.4490 mH (at 1 kHz)

Diam = 388.6200 mm ( 15.3000 in )
Sd = 118615.1505 mm^2(183.8539 in^2)

• Single Button Vas

BL
= 196.2490 L ( 6.9305 ft^3)
= 25.3967 N/A
Vas and Motor Mms = 458.6490 g

Parameters Cms = 98.1890 uM/N

Kms = 10184.4453 N/M
Rms = 6.5412 R mechanical

Select from: Efficiency = 0.8228 %

Sensitivity = 91.1708 dB @1W/1m, 95.8336 dB @2.83Vrms/1m
Delta Mass, Fs/Fsa = 1.1524
Delta Box or Ideal Mass = 257.9901 g

Efficiency Mass used = 150.5000 g

;--- Impedance Fitting Constants ---
Krm 12.322E-03 ohms Freq dependent resistance
Erm 821.518E-03 Rem=Krm*(2*pi*f)^Erm
Kxm 77.654E-03 Henries Freq dependent reactance
Exm 694.353E-03 Xem=Kxm*(2*pi*f)^Exm,

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Advanced Thiele Small Simulator & Box Analyzer
• Import and Simulate T/S Test Data (or Mfr Data)

• Vented, Sealed, Band Pass or Passive Radiator Designs

Simulated Response,
• Response, Impedance, Phase, Velocity & Xmm Xmm, Phase or Velocity

• Frequency Dependent Inductance Model

• Box, Port and Stuffing Losses

• Room/Car Pressurization Effects

Simulate
• Vent Resonance (Pipe Organ) Effects Box Type
• Simulate Measured Driver Compression Effects

T/S Model Data

Import Data, Copy & Print

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Box Alignment
BoxZP and SimZP
Overlay
• Measures In-Box Electrical Impedance
(Box Test Button)

• Finds Traditional Fsb, Ha and Alpha

Values (traditional method)

NEW BOX ANALYSIS METHODS

• Automatically Align Simulator and

Measured Box Data to Find Effective Box
Size, Tuning and Losses

• Refine driver parameters even if they have

shifted due to drive level, temperature,
break-in or box and driver interaction

Box Auto-Align

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Actual Box-Aligned Simulation vs. Response

<0.5dB Error

Driver Response
(port on back)

Accurate High Frequency

Driver & Port Simulation using Frequency
(Speaker response) Dependent Le modeling

Port Tuning
Notch Matches

<10 Hz

( In-air response measured with the Woofer Tester Pro )

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Speaker Builder’s Toolkit

• Design Air Core Inductors Design Air Core Inductors

• Measure Small and Large Winding Info

Capacitors

• Ellipsoid Area Calculator

• Calculate Acoustic Constants

Wire Stats

Automatic
Calibration Measure Small
Capacitors < 100 pF

100 pF Pico
Farad Range

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32 Dual Buffers for Testing & Overlays

• Each Buffer Stores Two Data Points: (Impedance, Phase, Response, Displacement, Velocity)
• Easy Setup and Control from One Place
• Set Response and Phase Offsets, Phase Wrapping and Polarity
• Tester Automatically Calculates Difference Between Measured and Desired Value

ARB1 is Data
Destination from Main
Control Window

Buffers Displayed in
Overlay Window: Box,
ARB1, SimZP and
SimRX

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Zobel Compensation Networks

• Simple ‘of the shelf’ Crossovers Assume Resistive Loads

• Zobels Make Voice Coil Inductance Look Resistive

Overlay Original and Select Frequency

Zobel Compensated and Target
Impedance plots Impedance

Start Zobel Tool

or Enter T/S from
Mfr Data

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Measure any Crossover Component or Cable

• Measure Resistance, Inductance and Capacitance
– Continuous 1 to 20 kHz Measurement Range
– 0-3 mA Constant Current Range
– 5 Digit Accuracy at Full Scale
– Easily Measures Speaker Cables
– 100pF-1000uF, 100nH-10H, 10 milli-ohm to 1M-ohm range

Δ Inductance of 36” Leads Open/Closed 50 mΩ/div 10 ohm cal resistor: 1 mΩ/div, 1-20 khz

Real-time Measures
900+/-10 nH at 1 kHz +/-0.03 degree
1-20 kHz

2200 nH (open) +/-1 milli-ohm

900 nH (twisted) 1-20 kHz

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Tester Comparison Matrix

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About Smith & Larson Audio

Smith & Larson Audio is based in the USA and is the home of the original Woofer Tester,
which was introduced in 1995. It was redesigned in 2005 and is in use by over 1000
customers worldwide. In 2006, the product line and our test capabilities expanded and now
include the Speaker Tester and Woofer Tester Pro. Smith & Larson has over 40 years of
combined experience in audio design and digital signal processing.
Please contact us at:

Smith & Larson Audio

PO Box 229
Savage, MD 20763
U.S.A.

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Email: [email protected]
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