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Performance Optimized Down Fire Sealed Dual 10" Enclosure Morel Ultimo Ti SC102 / SC104 · Dual 10" Sealed enclosure

Net volume
0.60 cu ft per chamber after the divider, the brace and Morel's published 2.3 L displacement per driver
Max mounting depth
5.63 in required, 2.44 in clearance above the motor
External dimensions
30.00 in W × 8.82 in in the down fire position H × 15.00 in D
Front baffle
1.5 in double baffle, outer layer machined as a flush recess
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  • Alignment: 0.60 cu ft net per chamber. SC102 Qtc 0.707, F3 61.4 Hz; SC104 Qtc 0.694, F3 58.6 Hz
  • Drivers: Pair of SC102 (2 ohm) or SC104 (4 ohm), 600 W RMS each, 9.5 mm Xmax, 5.63 in mounting depth
  • Chambers: Two fully separate sealed chambers, 3/4" MDF full divider, one shared side-mounted terminal cup
  • Standoffs: Included, 1.75 in, shipped uninstalled. Installed height near 10.57 in
  • Cabinet: 30.00"W x 15.00"D x 8.82"H in down fire position, excludes standoffs, square corners

Spec of record

Technical specifications

SpecificationValue
SeriesProline X Performance Optimized Down Fire
Compatible DriverMorel Ultimo Titanium SC, SC102 or SC104, quantity 2. Direct fit
ConfigurationDual 10 inch, two separate chambers, sealed down fire
Mounting PositionTrunk or cargo floor, baffle facing down on standoffs
Firing DirectionDownward. Feet ship uninstalled, so front or up firing is also possible
External Width30.00 in
External Depth15.00 in
External Height8.82 in in the down fire position, excludes standoffs
Installed Height10.57 in including the 1.75 in standoff
Internal Volume, Gross1.41 cu ft total
Internal Volume, Net Acoustic0.60 cu ft per chamber after the divider, the brace and Morel's published 2.3 L displacement per driver
Height Set ByAirspace; clearance alone would allow a lower cabinet
Driver Mounting Depth5.63 in required, 2.44 in clearance above the motor
Morel Published Sealed Range13 to 30 liters, 0.46 to 1.06 cubic feet, including driver displacement
Alignment, SC102 (2 ohm) per chamberQtc 0.707, fc 61.4 Hz, F3 61.4 Hz anechoic; the cabinet is sized to this coil
Alignment, SC104 (4 ohm) per chamberQtc 0.694, fc 57.5 Hz, F3 58.6 Hz anechoic, in the same cabinet
Woofer Opening8.87 in (225.15 mm) direct fit, two
Frame Outer Diameter10.35 in (263 mm), Morel spec
Bolt Circle9.96 in (253 mm), Morel drawing; inserts pressed to it
Driver Displacement2.3 L / 0.08 cu ft, published by Morel
SC102 Fs / Qts / Qes / Qms33.00 Hz / 0.38 / 0.48 / 1.75
SC102 Vas / Mms / Cms / BL42.00 L / 91.6 g / 0.250 mm/N / 7.06 T-m
SC104 Fs / Qts / Qes / Qms29.00 Hz / 0.35 / 0.43 / 1.84
SC104 Vas / Mms / Cms / BL50.00 L / 101.7 g / 0.300 mm/N / 11.00 T-m
Driver Sd346 cm2, published by Morel
Xmax9.5 mm one way, published as plus or minus 9.5 mm each way; 12 mm gap
DC ResistanceSC102 1.3 ohm; SC104 3.0 ohm
Driver Sensitivity88 dB (SC102) and 87 dB (SC104) at 2.83 V, Morel spec; 86.8 and 86.4 dB at 1 W derived from the parameters
Driver Power Handling600 W RMS / 2000 W transient per driver
Wiring OptionsSingle voice coil: SC102 nominal 2 ohm, SC104 nominal 4 ohm; two drivers in parallel halve it, in series double it
Voice Coil130 mm (5.1 in) Hexatech aluminium on a titanium former, 31 mm winding height
Parameter SourceMorel Ultimo Titanium SC specification sheet; Morel's 2016 manual prints a different set that is not used
MaterialLangboard Elite MDF
ConstructionCNC cut, V-groove and dado joinery, square corners
Panel Thickness0.75 in
Front Baffle1.5 in double baffle, outer layer machined as a flush recess
Internal BracingFull-height 3/4 in divider plus perimeter brace
Driver Mounting HardwareThreaded inserts pressed to the Morel bolt pattern, stainless machine screws included
Terminal CupsOne Proline X ABS and carbon fiber composite, side mounted, pre wired 12 gauge OFC to both driver positions
StandoffsIncluded, 1.75 in, shipped uninstalled
DampingLight polyfill wall lining, does not alter acoustic volume
CarpetPlush black
Weight36 lb
Warranty1 Year Limited
Built InTullahoma, Tennessee

Modelled response

Performance in this enclosure

Net airspace
0.60
cu ft per chamber
System Qtc
0.69–0.71
sealed
Half power
58.6–61.4
Hz · F3
Xmax at
191
W RMS · no filter
With 25 Hz subsonic
232
W RMS · +22%
Amplifier
600
W RMS recommended
This enclosure holds 0.60 cu ft net per chamber. In it the Morel Ultimo Ti SC102 / SC104 runs a system Qtc of 0.69–0.71 with half power at 58.6–61.4 Hz, and the cone reaches its 9.5 mm travel limit at 191 W, below the driver’s 600 W thermal rating, so travel is what stops you here, not heat. Run a subsonic filter at 25 Hz and that becomes 232 W — +41 W, or 22 percent more power for the same 9.5 mm of travel.

01Is it a sealed driver?

Efficiency bandwidth product places the motor before anything else is decided.

EBP = Fs ÷ Qes = 67.4–68.8
SEALED 0–50 TRANSITION 50–100 PORTED 100–150 0 50 100 150 SC102, 2 ohm 68.8 SC104, 4 ohm 67.4
SC102, 2 ohm · EBP 68.8SC104, 4 ohm · EBP 67.4
At 67.4–68.8 the Ti SC 10 sits in the transition band, not the sealed band. That is not a mismatch: a transition motor works in either alignment, and sealed buys a smaller box and a gentler roll-off at the cost of some low-end output. Stage 02 shows what this airspace actually does with it.

02What the box does to it

0.60 cu ft against a 42.0 L Vas.

α = Vas ÷ Vb = 2.46  ·  Fc = Fs√(α+1) = 57–61 Hz  ·  Qtc = 0.69–0.71
20 30 50 70 100 150 200 +6 +0 -6 -12 -18 -24 FREQUENCY · Hz LEVEL · dB −3 dB
SC102, 2 ohm · Qtc 0.71, Fc 61 Hz, F3 61.4 HzSC104, 4 ohm · Qtc 0.69, Fc 57 Hz, F3 58.6 Hz
The box lifts resonance from 29.0–33.0 Hz free-air to 57–61 Hz and half power lands at 58.6–61.4 Hz, anechoic, before any cabin gain. Morel measures the 2 ohm and 4 ohm coils separately and publishes a different resonance and compliance for each, so both are plotted rather than averaged; the cabinet is sized to the coil that asks for the larger box and the other coil sits a little below Butterworth in it. Figures are from Morel’s current specification sheet; Morel’s 2016 manual prints a different parameter set that does not reproduce its own moving mass and is not used here. Each chamber of this down-fire dual holds 0.60 cubic feet, the same airspace as the dual wedge in a floor-firing shape, so the two are acoustically the same cabinet.

03The watts that reach Xmax (in this enclosure)

Travel scales with the square root of power, so there is one wattage that puts the cone exactly on 9.5 mm — and a bigger one once a subsonic filter stops it wasting travel below the passband.

PXmax = 191–221 W unfiltered  →  232–258 W with a 25 Hz subsonic
20 30 50 70 100 150 200 0 4 8 12 FREQUENCY · Hz CONE TRAVEL · mm PAST LINEAR TRAVEL · Xmax 9.5 mm 191 W reaches Xmax here
SC102, 2 ohm · 221 W, no filterSC104, 4 ohm · 191 W, no filterSC102, 2 ohm · 258 W with subsonic at 25 Hz, 24 dB/octSC104, 4 ohm · 232 W with subsonic at 25 Hz, 24 dB/octXmax 9.5 mm one-way
Every trace touches the limit and no further, because each is drawn at the exact power that puts that coil on 9.5 mm. Unfiltered that is 191 W, reached first at 20 Hz. It sits under the 600 W the driver can take thermally, so the enclosure sets the ceiling, not the voice coil. The dashed traces are the same driver behind a subsonic filter at 25 Hz, 24 dB/oct: stopping the cone wasting travel below the passband lets it take 232 W before hitting the same 9.5 mm. That is 22 percent more amplifier for the price of one filter setting.
ParamValueUnitNote
Fs33.00 / 29.00Hzfree-air resonance
Qts0.380 / 0.350SC102, 2 ohm / SC104, 4 ohm
Vas42.00 / 50.00Lequivalent compliance
Sd346.0cm²effective piston area
Xmax9.5mmone-way, Morel prints it as plus or minus 9.5 mm each way
Pe600Wcontinuous RMS
SPL86.8dB1 W / 1 m, derived from T/S

Driver parameters as published by Morel Ultimo Titanium SC specification sheet, morelhifi.com. Curves computed against this enclosure’s actual net airspace.

From the shop floor

Installer's take

Measure the installed height, not the cabinet height. The box is 8.82 tall on its own and the standoffs add 1.75, so plan around 10.57 inches of stack on the 30 by 15 footprint.

Airspace set the height here, 0.60 cubic feet per chamber at the SC102's Butterworth volume; the 4 ohm SC104 rides along at Qtc 0.69.

Wire the pair identically. Two SC102 in parallel is 1 ohm, which most amplifiers will not take; series to 4 ohms unless the amplifier is rated for 1.

Morel's spec sheet and Morel's 2016 manual disagree on this driver. The sheet's numbers reproduce their own moving mass and land inside Morel's recommended volumes; the manual's do not, so the sheet is what this cabinet is built to. Say so if a customer brings the manual.

Polyfill is already in as a wall lining. Adding more makes the box act larger and walks the alignment off the Butterworth volume.

Before you order

Questions

Does this fit both the SC102 and the SC104, and will any other 10 inch fit?

Both, yes. The 2 ohm SC102 and the 4 ohm SC104 share one basket, one 8.87 inch cutout, one 10.35 inch frame and one 5.63 inch mounting depth, so the fit is identical and the inserts are pressed for both. Run two of the same model so the chambers match.

Any other 10, no. The airspace is engineered around the SC102's 0.38 Qts and 42.0 liters of Vas, and a different woofer that happened to drop into the hole would not see the alignment printed on this page.

Why 0.60 cubic feet per chamber, and what alignment does it target?

It is the Butterworth volume for the SC102, computed from Morel's published Fs 33.00 Hz, Qts 0.38 and Vas 42.00 liters: system Qtc 0.707, maximally flat, with resonance at 61.4 Hz and an anechoic half-power point of 61.4 Hz. Morel's own sealed recommendation for this driver is 13 to 30 liters, 0.46 to 1.06 cubic feet, and 0.60 cubic feet sits inside it.

The 4 ohm SC104 has its own parameter set, Fs 29.00 Hz, Qts 0.35 and Vas 50.00 liters, and in the same cabinet it lands at Qtc 0.694 with F3 at 58.6 Hz, a touch more damped. One cabinet serves both coils because the box is sized to the coil that asks for the larger volume.

What amplifier power should I run, and how should I wire it?

Morel rates the Ultimo Titanium SC at 600 watts RMS per driver, so target 420 to 600 watts RMS per driver at the final impedance. Both coils are single voice coil drivers: the SC102 is a nominal 2 ohm load at 1.3 ohms DC, the SC104 a nominal 4 ohm load at 3.0 ohms DC.

Wire both drivers identically so the chambers share power evenly. Two SC102 in parallel is a 1 ohm load and needs an amplifier rated for it; in series they present 4 ohms. Two SC104 run 2 ohms in parallel or 8 ohms in series.

How tall is this once the standoffs are on?

The cabinet is 8.82 inches tall measured in the down fire position, and that figure excludes the standoffs. The standoffs hold 1.75 inches under the baffle, so plan your space around a finished stack of roughly 10.57 inches.

The footprint is the standard Performance Optimized down fire platform, 30.00 inches wide by 15.00 deep. Height is the only dimension solved to the driver.

Why two separate chambers instead of one shared volume?

Two drivers sharing one sealed volume load each other: each driver's compression stroke becomes the pressure the other works against, which smears transients and blurs the alignment either would have alone. A bonded full-height 3/4 inch divider gives each driver its own 0.60 cubic feet and its own polyfill.

It also means a failure in one driver does not unload the other, and the alignment on this page is the alignment in each chamber, not an average across a shared box.

What is the expected low-frequency extension?

Anechoic F3 is 61.4 Hz for the SC102 and 58.6 Hz for the SC104 per chamber, with system resonance at 61.4 and 57.5 Hz. At Qtc 0.71 the response is maximally flat into the rolloff, so F3 and fc coincide for the SC102.

Those figures exclude cabin gain. In a car the transfer function of the cabin adds real output below 50 Hz, so in-vehicle response runs deeper than the numbers above. Morel's own sheet publishes no in-box F3 for this driver.

Do I need to add polyfill or damping?

No. Polyfill is already installed in both chambers as a light wall lining to control internal reflections, and the quantity is chosen so it does not change the acoustic volume.

Do not add more. Packing a sealed box with fill makes it behave as though it were larger, which walks the alignment away from the 0.60 cubic feet per chamber this cabinet was built to.

Is the driver included? What do I get?

No driver. This is an enclosure only. You receive the cabinet finished in plush black carpet, threaded inserts pressed to the Morel bolt pattern at both positions, stainless machine screws, one side-mounted pre-wired terminal cup, the standoffs and the polyfill lining already in place.

The pair of Morel Ultimo Ti SC102 / SC104 is purchased separately. The cabinet is cut direct fit to that driver, so it is not a general purpose 10 inch box.

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