{"id":3197,"date":"2012-12-23T14:40:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T14:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/?p=3197"},"modified":"2012-12-23T15:25:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:25:30","slug":"satori-mw16p-4-measurements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audioexcite.com\/?p=3197","title":{"rendered":"Satori MW16P-4 Measurements!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve completed the measurements for the Satori MW16P-4 mid-woofer. This is the new mid-woofer \u201cflagship\u201d driver from SB Acostics and is clearly targeted to compete with the very best mid-woofer drivers from e.g. ScanSpeak Revelator and Illuminator series and perhaps drivers from AudioTechnology and Accuton etc.<\/p>\n

My tested driver units are the 4 Ohm version of the Satori mid-woofer.<\/p>\n

For detailed measurements see: SB Acoustics Satori MW16P-4<\/a><\/p>\n

How does it stack up against the competition?<\/p>\n

If we first look at the price for this driver, it costs 288$ which isn\u2019t exactly the cheapest driver out there. Here is a price comparison of similar drivers that compete in the same class:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Satori mid-woofer places it self somewhere in the middle of the price range, but to be honest it is also a slightly larger mid-woofer than the rest of the drivers on list. There aren\u2019t many true 6.5\u201d mid-woofers on the market today and on the list the Accuton driver is the closest match.<\/p>\n

If we increase the size to about 7\u201d, which is the most common size today the comparison fails a bit since with this driver size we seldom can use them up to about 3kHz, as in the case of the Satori.<\/p>\n

If we look at the technical aspect of the Satori mid-woofer and to sum-up its key performance features, we have the following:<\/p>\n