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Performance Optimized Down Fire Sealed Dual 12" Enclosure Ground Zero GZRW 300-D2 FLAT · Dual 12" Sealed enclosure
- Net volume
- 1.34 cu ft per chamber after the divider and the driver displacement
- Max mounting depth
- 3.66 in required, 11.25 in clearance above the motor
- External dimensions
- 30.00 in W × 15.66 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
- Alignment: 1.34 cu ft net per chamber, Qtc 0.71, F3 37.8 Hz
- Drivers: Pair of Ground Zero GZRW 300-D2 FLAT (dual 2 ohm), 450 W RMS each, 30 mm Xmax, 3.66 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 17.41 in
- Cabinet: 30.00"W x 15.00"D x 15.66"H in down fire position, excludes standoffs, square corners
Spec of record
Technical specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Series | Proline X Performance Optimized Down Fire |
| Compatible Driver | Ground Zero GZRW 300-D2 FLAT (dual 2 ohm), quantity 2. Direct fit |
| Configuration | Dual 12 inch, two separate chambers, sealed down fire |
| Mounting Position | Trunk or cargo floor, baffle facing down on standoffs |
| Firing Direction | Downward. Feet ship uninstalled, so front or up firing is also possible |
| External Width | 30.00 in |
| External Depth | 15.00 in |
| External Height | 15.66 in in the down fire position, excludes standoffs |
| Installed Height | 17.41 in including the 1.75 in standoff |
| Internal Volume, Gross | 2.88 cu ft total |
| Internal Volume, Net Acoustic | 1.34 cu ft per chamber after the divider and the driver displacement |
| Height Set By | Airspace; clearance alone would allow a lower cabinet |
| Driver Mounting Depth | 3.66 in required, 11.25 in clearance above the motor |
| Floor Slot | 0.99 times the cone area at the 1.75 in standoff |
| Alignment, dual 2 ohm per chamber | Qtc 0.707, fc 37.8 Hz, F3 37.8 Hz anechoic |
| Woofer Opening | 10.94 in, two, Ground Zero's published cutout |
| Frame Outer Diameter | 12.72 in |
| Bolt Circle | Not printed by Ground Zero; threaded insert kit included |
| Driver Displacement | 0.057 cu ft, estimated; Ground Zero publishes none |
| dual 2 ohm Fs / Qts / Qes / Qms / Vas | 23.5 Hz / 0.44 / 0.48 / 5.61 / 60.2 L |
| Driver Sd | 392 cm2, derived from Ground Zero's Vas, Fs and moving mass |
| Xmax | 30 mm one way, Ground Zero spec |
| Driver Power Handling | 450 W RMS per driver |
| Wiring Options | Ground Zero sells the GZRW 300-D2 FLAT as dual 2 ohm; a matched pair should share a coil. A pair of dual 2 ohm drivers lands on 2 ohms with each woofer's coils in series and the two woofers in parallel, or 8 ohms all in series. Anything under 1 ohm, and many amplifiers at 1 ohm, is outside what the amplifier is built for, so series wiring is the safe default. |
| Parameter Source | Ground Zero GZRW 300-D2 FLAT owner's manual, specifications and dimension drawing |
| Material | Langboard Elite MDF |
| Construction | CNC cut, V-groove and dado joinery, square corners |
| Panel Thickness | 0.75 in |
| Front Baffle | 1.5 in double baffle, outer layer machined as a flush recess |
| Internal Bracing | Full-height 3/4 in divider |
| Driver Mounting | Threaded insert kit included, NOT pre-installed: Ground Zero prints no bolt circle |
| Terminal Cups | One Proline X ABS and carbon fiber composite, side mounted, pre wired 12 gauge OFC to both driver positions |
| Standoffs | Included, 1.75 in, shipped uninstalled |
| Damping | Light polyfill wall lining in both chambers, does not alter acoustic volume |
| Carpet | Plush black |
| Shipping Weight | 52 lb |
| Warranty | 1 Year Limited |
| Built In | Tullahoma, Tennessee |
Modelled response
Performance in this enclosure
01Is it a sealed driver?
Efficiency bandwidth product places the motor before anything else is decided.
02What the box does to it
1.34 cu ft against a 60.2 L Vas.
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 30.0 mm — and a bigger one once a subsonic filter stops it wasting travel below the passband.
| Param | Value | Unit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fs | 23.50 | Hz | free-air resonance |
| Qts | 0.440 | D2 | |
| Vas | 60.20 | L | equivalent compliance |
| Sd | 392.2 | cm² | effective piston area |
| Xmax | 30 | mm | one-way, as Ground Zero publish it |
| Pe | 450 | W | continuous RMS |
| SPL | 84.0 | dB | 1 W / 1 m, derived from T/S |
Driver parameters as published by Ground Zero published T/S table. Curves computed against this enclosure’s actual net airspace.
From the shop floor
Installer's take
1.34 cubic feet per chamber: Qtc 0.707 on the dual 2 ohm, F3 37.8 Hz.
Measure the installed height, not the cabinet height: 15.66 tall on its own, 17.41 with the standoffs on the 30 by 15 footprint.
Floor slot is 0.99 times the cone area at the 1.75 standoff, under the 1.0 I like. For hard use, taller feet or front firing.
Ground Zero's manual is a full Klippel table but prints no cone area, so it is derived; displacement is estimated. Their Qes and motor figures disagree a little; I built on the set that reproduces their own Qts.
At 3.66 inches of mounting depth this is a true shallow-mount 12: the motor clears the cabinet with room to spare.
Inserts ship in the kit, not pressed: Ground Zero prints no bolt circle. Mark from the driver, drill, press. Sealed, so leave the polyfill as it is and run it at 450 watts or under per driver.
Before you order
Questions
Does this fit the Ground Zero GZRW 300-D2 FLAT, and will any other 12 inch fit?
The GZRW 300-D2 FLAT, yes, in the dual 2 ohm version. The baffle is cut to 10.94 in, Ground Zero's published cutout, under the 12.72 in frame. The 3.66 inch motor clears the cabinet with 11.25 inch to spare. Run two of the same coil so the chambers match.
Any other 12, no. The airspace is engineered around the GZRW 300-D2 FLAT's own Qts and Vas, and a different woofer that happened to drop into the hole would not see the alignment printed on this page.
Why 1.34 cubic feet per chamber, and what alignment does it target?
1.34 cubic feet net per chamber on Ground Zero's published figures: the dual 2 ohm reads Qtc 0.707 with resonance at 37.8 Hz and half power at 37.8 Hz. Ground Zero publishes no sealed volume for the GZRW 300-D2 FLAT, so the cabinet is solved to the maximally flat alignment, Qtc 0.707. That is maximally flat, the reference sealed alignment.
Cabinet gain in a vehicle lifts the bottom end further, so in the car this reads deeper than the anechoic figures.
What amplifier power should I run, and how should I wire it?
Ground Zero rates the GZRW 300-D2 FLAT at 450 watts RMS per driver, so target 315 to 450 watts RMS per driver at the final load.
Ground Zero sells the GZRW 300-D2 FLAT as dual 2 ohm; a matched pair should share a coil. A pair of dual 2 ohm drivers lands on 2 ohms with each woofer's coils in series and the two woofers in parallel, or 8 ohms all in series. Anything under 1 ohm, and many amplifiers at 1 ohm, is outside what the amplifier is built for, so series wiring is the safe default. Confirm your amplifier's minimum stable impedance first.
How tall is this once the standoffs are on?
The cabinet is 15.66 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 17.41 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 blurs the alignment either would have alone. A bonded full-height 3/4 inch divider gives each driver its own 1.34 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 37.8 Hz per chamber. The lower-Q coil rolls off gently with F3 above fc; the higher-Q coil carries a small lift near resonance.
Those figures exclude cabin gain. In a car the cabin's transfer function adds real output below 50 Hz, so in-vehicle response runs deeper than the numbers above.
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 1.34 cubic feet per chamber this cabinet was built to.
Is the driver included, and are the threaded inserts installed?
No driver. This is an enclosure only. You receive the cabinet finished in plush black carpet, one side-mounted pre-wired terminal cup to both positions, the polyfill lining already in place, the standoffs, and a threaded insert kit with stainless machine screws.
The inserts ship loose on purpose: Ground Zero prints no bolt circle for the GZRW 300-D2 FLAT, so you set the driver in the recess, mark its holes, drill and press the inserts. The pair of Ground Zero GZRW 300-D2 FLAT is purchased separately, and the cabinet is cut direct fit to it, not a general purpose 12 inch box.
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