Performance Optimized Down Fire Wide Sealed 10" Shallow Sub Enclosure Arc Audio SW10 · Single 10" Sealed enclosure

Because it is only 12 inches deep. Our standard Performance Optimized Down Fire cabinet for this driver is 30 wide by 15 deep, and this one is built for spaces three inches shallower than that, typically under the rear seat of a truck or SUV or on a narrow cargo floor.

Airspace has to come from somewhere. Losing depth means recovering it along the length, so the cabinet runs 41 inches long and stands 4.8125 inches tall, and the driver still gets a properly sized chamber. If your space is wide and shallow rather than deep, this is the shape that works.

Same driver, different shape. The standard cabinet is 30 by 15 by 5.0625 inches and holds 0.55 cubic feet net. This cabinet is 41 by 12 by 4.8125 inches and holds 0.557 cubic feet net.

That is effectively the same airspace, so acoustically the two are interchangeable. Choose on the space: with 15 inches of depth the standard cabinet is the pick; if depth stops at 12 inches and you have 41 inches of run, this one fits.

Not for the enclosure alignment. Arc publishes full Thiele-Small data for both configurations and the two are nearly identical: Fs 39.3 Hz series against 39.0 parallel, Qts 0.624 against 0.634, Vas 12.96 against 13.33 liters.

In this cabinet series wiring lands at Qtc 0.842, Fc 53.1 Hz, F3 45.9 Hz and parallel at Qtc 0.861, Fc 53.0 Hz, F3 45.1 Hz. Choose your wiring based purely on what impedance your amplifier is stable and efficient into.

Because Arc Audio publishes its sealed recommendations as gross volume rather than net, which is unusual. Most manufacturers state net, the airspace left after the driver's displacement is subtracted. We built this cabinet to 0.599 cubic feet gross to sit on Arc's published 0.6 gross optimum, which is 0.557 cubic feet net after the brace and the driver's estimated 0.037 cubic feet of displacement (Arc publishes none). Both figures appear in the specifications so you can compare against either convention.

Because of the driver's free-air resonance and compliance, and both are the direct cost of a 2.4 inch mounting depth. The SW10 has an Fs of 39.3 Hz and a Vas of 12.96 liters, so predicted F3 in this cabinet is 45.9 Hz in series and 45.1 Hz in parallel.

Drivers that reach into the low 30s carry deeper motors and more compliance, and they need more mounting depth to do it. If your install has the clearance for a deeper driver, take one. If it does not, the SW10 delivers a properly damped, controlled alignment in a space nothing else fits, and cabin gain fills in below 50 Hz.

Side mounted. Every Proline X Performance Optimized enclosure uses a side mounted terminal cup regardless of alignment, whether standard, wedge, or down fire. On this cabinet that keeps the connection fully accessible with the enclosure in its installed position, since the baffle faces the floor. The cup is our Proline X ABS and carbon fiber composite unit, recessed, with stainless hardware, copper ring terminals, and pre-wired 12 gauge OFC.

V-groove and dado joinery, CNC-cut on ShopSabre routers from Langboard Elite MDF, with every joint machined to lock mechanically before adhesive goes on, which keeps the cabinet airtight under sustained pressure cycling. A windowed U-brace ties the front and rear walls together across the 41 inch span.

The front baffle is a 1.5 inch double layer, with the outer layer machined as a flush recess so the driver bolts to the inner layer. Corners are square, polyfill is installed as a light wall lining, and the 1.75 inch standoffs ship uninstalled. Assembled and inspected in Tullahoma, Tennessee.

No. This listing is for the enclosure only. Bring your own Arc Audio SW10 in either dual 2 ohm or dual 4 ohm. The cutout and mounting depth are direct fit for either version.