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class=\"df-wrap\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-hero\"\u003e\n  \u003ch2\u003eProline X Performance Optimized Wedge 12\" Ported\u003c\/h2\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe GZTW 12F vented at 34.0 Hz in 1.664 cubic feet through a 19.9 sq in port, with cone area and displacement estimated because Ground Zero never publishes either\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"df-badges\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"df-badge\"\u003e1.66 cu ft net\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"df-badge\"\u003eTuned 34.0 Hz\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"df-badge\"\u003eF3 37.0 Hz\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"df-badge\"\u003eSide slot port\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"df-badge\"\u003eCut for the Ground Zero GZTW 12F\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"df-badge\"\u003eBuilt in Tennessee\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-stats\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"df-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"n\"\u003e1.66\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"l\"\u003ecu ft net\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"df-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"n\"\u003e34.0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"l\"\u003eHz tuning\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"df-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"n\"\u003e37.0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"l\"\u003eHz F3 anechoic\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"df-stat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"n\"\u003e19.9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"l\"\u003esq in port area\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-section\"\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eWhy this driver is vented at 34.0 Hz\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe GZTW 12F is a 35.10 Hz motor with a 0.5300 Qts and 53.10 litres of Vas, and the wedge gives it 1.664 cubic feet net vented at 34.0 Hz through a 19.9 square inch port. The cabinet stands 15.5 inches tall and 30.0 inches wide, running 9.38 inches deep at the top and 15.02 at the base. Ground Zero publishes no vented recommendation for this driver, so the curve stands on its own: a 37.0 Hz F3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eA 0.5300 Qts on 53.10 litres of Vas, backed by a 0.5700 Qes and a 7.4900 Qms, is a large-Vas motor, and the 1.664 cubic foot net airspace this trunk wedge holds is well under what that Vas would call for in a full-size box, which is why F3 lands at 37.0 Hz, above the 34.0 Hz tuning point rather than below it. Ground Zero publishes no vented alignment of its own for the GZTW 12F, so this build is not weighed against a factory number. The 521.3 square centimetre Sd behind this solve is not a Ground Zero figure: Ground Zero publishes no cone area for this driver, so the number is estimated. This cabinet is a trunk-shaped wedge: the rear panel carries the 20 degree rake, the baffle the driver mounts to stays vertical, and the port is a triangular chamber cut into the side behind a 1.5 inch double baffle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-section\"\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eTrunk-load wedge, explained\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"df-grid\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"df-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe 20 degree face is the seat side\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA factory rear seat back\n    leans about 20 degrees off vertical. The wedge's raked rear panel matches that lean and tucks\n    against it, so the cabinet uses the triangle of trunk floor a square box wastes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"df-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eThe driver fires rearward\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe baffle stays vertical and faces\n    the trunk opening. The trunk acts as the acoustic extension into the cabin; nothing about\n    the driver is angled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"df-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e15.02 inches at the base, 9.38 at the top\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e30.0 inches wide, 15.5 tall, 9.38 inches deep at the top and 15.02 at the base, 1.664 cubic feet net. Frame OD 12.320 inches over an 11.180 inch cutout and 3.840 inches of mounting depth, Ground Zero's own published figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"df-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e30.00 inches wide\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidth is the wedge's free dimension and it\n    buys two things at once here: airspace, and port length, because the port runs the full\n    width of the box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-section\"\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eThe port is the product\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe port is a triangular slot in the bottom-rear corner. The floor and the raked back wall\n  are two of its three sides; the third is a single panel bevelled to sit flush against both.\n  It runs across the cabinet, opens into the box at the far end and exits through the side\n  panel: a straight run with no bend, 21.03 inches of centreline path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe channel is an isosceles triangle with 6.50 inch legs, 19.9 square inches, running at\n  16.6 metres per second at the tuning frequency. The mouth is that same triangle cut through\n  the side panel with its three edges rounded over at 1\/2 inch, so the opening at the face is\n  31.4 square inches and air leaves it at 10.5 metres per second, against the 17.0 metre per\n  second threshold where a slot port starts to chuff. The panel's throat end carries a 3\/8 inch\n  roundover for the same reason.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"df-highlight\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis enclosure ships dry.\u003c\/strong\u003e Polyfill goes in every sealed Proline X cabinet\n    we build. It does not go in this one. Damping material changes the effective volume the\n    port is tuned against, which moves the tuning away from the 34.0 Hz the port was cut for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-section\"\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eRun a subsonic filter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eBelow tuning the port stops loading the cone and excursion climbs without limit toward DC,\n  so a 27 Hz high-pass at 24 dB per octave is part of the specification. Set it and the same\n  cabinet takes substantially more power for the same cone travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eEvery wattage on the Performance Graphs tab is a mechanical limit, the power at which the\n  cone reaches the end of its linear travel in this box. What the voice coil can dissipate as\n  heat is a separate ceiling set by Ground Zero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-section\"\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003eCut for this driver, not for a catalogue\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"df-grid\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"df-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eMounting\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCut to Ground Zero's published 11.180 inch cutout through a\n    double-layer 1.5 inch baffle, with a cosmetic front layer routed for the acrylic insert.\n    Threaded inserts at every mounting location.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"df-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eClearance\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe GZTW 12F's 53.10 litre Vas is large for what a trunk wedge can hold, so F3 on this cabinet sits at 37.0 Hz, above the 34.0 Hz tuning frequency rather than below it; buyers wanting more low-end reach from this driver should compare it against a full-size ported box before choosing the wedge. Ground Zero publishes no cone area for the GZTW 12F: the 521.3 square centimetre Sd behind this alignment, its tuning, port sizing, and velocity math, is estimated, not measured or stated by Ground Zero. Ground Zero also publishes no driver displacement; the 0.063 cubic foot figure used here is estimated too, and it affects only the gross volume figure, not the tuning or port math. Ground Zero publishes no mounting hole locations for the GZTW 12F, so the threaded insert kit ships loose in the box rather than pressed into the baffle before the cabinet ships. Ground Zero labels its excursion figure Max. Excursion without stating a basis; the manual gives a peak-to-peak number for this model, halved here to the 16.0 mm one-way figure used in the math, which is why this model builds while other Ground Zero models with no stated basis do not. Mounting depth is a shallow 3.840 inches against an 11.180 inch cutout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"df-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBraced\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo windowed C braces run the cabinet profile at the third points of the width and seat on the port panel; the windows keep the cavity one chamber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"df-card\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eJoinery\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eV-groove and dado throughout, 0.75 inch Langboard\n    Elite MDF, the shell folded from one strip with the sides dropped into dados and the port\n    panel seated in dados of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-section\"\u003e\n  \u003ch3\u003ePower, wiring and warranty\u003c\/h3\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eGround Zero rate the GZTW 12F at 350 W RMS. Terminal cup is side mounted on the side opposite the port\n  mouth. A dual 2 ohm driver wired parallel presents 1 ohm, which many amplifiers are not\n  stable into; series at 4 ohm is the safe default unless yours is rated for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003ePerformance Optimized carries a 1-year warranty. Built to order in Tullahoma, Tennessee. The\n  driver is not included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"df-cta\"\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eCut, folded and finished for the Ground Zero GZTW 12F. The alignment, the port geometry and the power\n  figures all come from Ground Zero's published parameters run through our own solver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Proline X","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":44856252596313,"sku":"PO 12-P W GZTW12F BB","price":399.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"None","offer_id":44856253087833,"sku":"PO 12-P W GZTW12F B","price":379.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/1389\/files\/PO_12-P_W_GZTW12F_Front.jpg?v=1788885134","url":"https:\/\/audiointensity.com\/products\/performance-optimized-wedge-ported-12-enclosure-ground-zero-gztw-12f","provider":"Audio Intensity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}