Element Cascaded Driver Technology

Most subwoofers consist of a driver in a box, separating the internal volume of air from the room itself. The driver’s motion compresses the air within the enclosure to create bass energy in the room. The problem actually begins right there. Compressing the air within the cabinet, the driver works against the extreme non-linearity of air. The more it’s compressed within the box, the higher the distortion. Servo-controlled feedback systems can ameliorate this effect to some degree, but most are relatively insensitive to low frequencies and so are less capable of correcting the generated distortion.

How Does Element Solve the Problem?

Element uses an alternative technique that dramatically reduces distortion. The cabinet houses a pair of drivers. One mounted on the outer surface behind the boundary-coupling system, the other mounted inside the enclosure. The internal driver does most of the work compressing the air, creating a linear pressure area behind the outside driver. The outside unit drives the room itself and compensates for the distortions generated by the inner-mounted unit!

Separate Servo Amplifiers with Correction and Optimization

For Greater Differential of Motion

Results in Less Coupling Between the Drivers

 Prevents Nonlinearities

This design is very different from typical two-driver isobaric systems in two important ways. First, the volume of air between the drive units is larger, permitting a greater differential of motion that results in less coupling between the drivers. Secondly, Element subwoofers make use of a separate servo-corrected amplifier on each individual driver! Using separate amplifiers, this unique design optimizes the servo function of each driver, preventing nonlinearities generated by the internal driver from affecting the external drive unit’s performance