The KICKER Loudspeaker

An inside look at the incredible array of design and performance features that make KICKER the first name in bass-the most musical, most dependable subwoofers you can choose for your system.

Special Features

Rigid speaker frame (cast aluminum on Solo-Baric and XPL, steel on Competition and Freeair) provides precision alignment and dependable motor structure support.

One-piece extended pole, a Stillwater Designs innovation, creates broad, symmetrical magnetic field for superior power handling, precise voice coil control, and very low deep bass distortion. Venting in the pole piece eliminates noise and distortion caused by huge amounts of airflow created by cone excursion.

UniPlateTM construction combines backplate and extended pole piece in single unit to maximize magnetic efficiency and minimize alignment problems often caused by common two-piece construction.

Black plating on Uniplate and top plate provides maximum heat dissipation for cool operation and extended voice coil life.

Deep bumped back plate lets voice coil reach maximum excursion without bottoming-out.

Advanced cone materials with superior internal damping mean ultra-fast transient response and super-low distortion. Cone is also very resistant to environmental extremes.

Inverted Structural Dome (ISD) , a KICKER exclusive, replaces conventional dustcap and locks into cone for unmatched structural integrity and greatly reduced cone flexing/resonance.

Tough, flexible surround with long-throw, positive-roll design controls extreme cone excursions and is highly tear-resistant.

Double-stitched attachment makes separation between reinforced cone edge and heavy-duty surround virtually impossible.

Multi-layer voice coil and Kapton(R) former create superior magnetic field and effectively dissipate heat.

Double apex coil/cone attachment prevents separation.

Durable resin-impregnated poly-cotton spider provides precise coil alignment and critical cone motion control.

Heavy-duty terminals with built-in strain relief prevent speaker lead breakage and improve flex life of the high-power leads.

Rubberized boot protects massive magnet structure from chipping or breaking.

Front and rear gaskets insure an airtight seal.

KICKER Solo-Baric Subwoofer (D-series)

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The Solo-Baric is the supreme subwoofer from the biggest name in bass. KICKER's ultimate statement on just how great sounding-and great looking-a subwoofer can be. The original Solo-Baric was a landmark breakthrough in subwoofer technology-a single driver that delivered all the performance advantages of a pair of subs in an isobaric enclosure for bass never before available. For 1998, KICKER introduces the new d-series Solo-Barics-the fourth generation in Solo-Baric technology.

The original "small box subwoofer", the Solo-Baric cranks out the biggest bass in the business from enclosures only half the size needed by regular subs. The fifteen-inch Solo-Baric S15d produces heart-stopping bass from an enclosure of only 1.5 cubic feet-and the eight-inch S8d slams like crazy in a tiny 0.33 cubic foot box! Other people can talk "small-box" all they want-but Solo-Baric was here first, with the most.

The d-series Solo-Baric features a new Hemispherical Cone. It's KICKER's most distortion-resistant cone design yet, ultra-rigid even at volume levels that would tear common cones to shreds. The Solo-Baric gives you one of the most massive moving structures in speaker design history without sacrificing the ultra-low distortion and lightning-fast transient response essential for critical bass reproduction.

Solo-Baric's cast aluminum basket and super durable suspension system provide rock-solid support. Integral Perimeter Venting keeps everything cool, even when the music is smokin'.

KICKER XPL Subwoofer (C-series)

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Totally re-engineered for 1998, the new XPL is the most extreme subwoofer ever created by Stillwater Designs.

Think of it as a "Super Competition"-more power handling, longer voice coil, greater cone excursion, cast aluminum basket-with the new XPL you get all the super low bass response of our world famous Competition subs plus a whole lot more from a 20 to 30% smaller enclosure!

This year's XPLs are built on the same massive cast aluminum basket as the KICKER Solo-Baric, with the same Perimeter Venting cooling system for the driver's motor structure and heavy-duty push terminals for solid connections to larger gauge speaker wire.

Increased excursion means the XPL can move huge amounts of air for huge amounts of SPL. The extra-length two-layer, round wire voice coil has plenty of room to travel, thanks to a deeply bumped backplate and beefed-up suspension. The cone is beefed up, too-heavier, more rigid, and incorporating KICKER's famous Inverted Structural Dome-designed to move massive air without flexing under pressure.

KICKER Competition and Freeair Subwoofers (C-series)

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World champion competitors, award-winning car audio system designers, and music lovers everywhere know that when you want serious bass you can count on KICKER. Radical looks. Revolutionary performance and durability. And, of course, that deep-down unmistakable rumble that can only mean one thing-Kicker subs are in the house!

Kicker Competition subs defined how car audio bass should sound. If you've gotta have the deep, intense bass sound of sealed enclosures, you've gotta have the Competition-the woofer that made Stillwater famous.

Kicker Freeair is the original Freeair subwoofer-the first high performance sub designed to pound out low, tight bass without a box. If you lack the space or budget to build enclosures, these are your subs. Freeair woofers also produce slamming bass from a vented box.

This year's Competition and Freeair drivers are the best looking, best sounding, and most reliable yet-and, given their heritage, that says a lot.

KICKER Impulse Subwoofers

KICKER Impulse Subwoofers are KICKER's most flexible subs. Whether you want the deep thump of a sealed enclosure, the hard-hitting slam of a vented box, or the simplicity of an infinite baffle-Impulse lets you have it big time.

Kicker Impulse Subwoofers feature Kicker's exclusive Inverted Structural Dome technology , massive magnets, high-temp 4-layer extended-length voice coils with Kapton formers, super-stiff polymineral cones with stitched cone surrounds, UniPlate extended-pole/backplate construction, and deep-bump baskets for superior power-handling and that famous KICKER sound.

Take that super Kicker bass sound out to sea-or out on the lake-with the new Impulse 12m, 10m, and 8m "marine" Subwoofers. Special water resistant features like white powder coat finish, butyl rubber surrounds, and silicon-coated leads make these just the subs to blow those common subs out of the water.

* Assumes typical music program; varies with enclosure size, see you dealer for details
Based on measurements of 4-Ohm models