Boss Audio Systems CX8 User manual

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Congratulaons on your purchase of the Boss Audio CX Series Subwoofer.
Boss Audio takes great pride in producing products that look great, sound
great, and stand up to the daily rigors applied by audio enthusiasts around
the world.

CX8 8” (20cm) Subwoofer
 Single 4 Ω Voice Coil
 400 W Peak Power Handling
 High Temperature Voice Coil
 Foam Surround
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Enclosures
The CX8 will operate in both sealed and ported enclosure.
Since the woofer has pole-vent, it needs a minimum clearance from
the rear wall of the enclosure of 0.75” (19 mm).
Below you will nd the dimensions to make the enclosure to suit the
subwoofers needs, it has been designed for maximum output while
retaining great sound quality.
The dimensions have already accounted for the volume displacement
of the subwoofer, and using 3/4” (19mm) MDF. All dimensions are
external.
Sealed Dimensions:
Length (L) : 17.5” (445 mm)
Width (W) : 12.5” (318 mm)
Height (H) : 12.5” (318 mm)
Cutout Diameter: 7-1/16” (180 mm)
Int. Volume: 0.85³
Enclosure Dimensions
Ported Dimensions:
Length (L) : 17” (432 mm)
Width (W) : 14” (356 mm)
Height (H) : 14” (356 mm)
Cutout Diameter: 7-1/16” (180 mm)
Port Dimensions: 3”x 9” (76 x 229 mm)
Tuning Freq: 43 Hz
Int. Volume: 1.0³

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4 Ω
Wiring your Subwoofer
Mulple Subwoofers
Series
8 Ω
Parallel
2 Ω
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Product Specicaons
Impedance 4 Ω
Resonant Frequency 42 Hz
Qts 1.266
Qms 11.054
Qes 1.429
Vas 1.494 cu . (42.32 liters)
Xmax 3 mm
Sensivity (1 W/ 1 m) 83 dB
Peak Power Handling 400 W
Mounng Depth 3-7/16” (87 mm)
Cutout Diameter 7-1/16” (179 mm)