X182A
Single 18-inch powered subwoofer with a complete amplifier inside: 600 W to its own driver, plus 400 W a side of powered speaker output for left and right. The satellites run from the subwoofer, so a full system needs one powered box and no amplifier rack. Rated to 134 dB maximum SPL, flat to 30 Hz within ±3 dB and reaching 22 Hz within ±10 dB, with full DSP control from XSCACE Studio through an externally-mounted interface module — and the cabinet is rated IP55 and ships with a weather cover, so it stays outdoors permanently.
Technical Specifications
Frequency Response & Directivity
Set up in XSCACE Studio
DSP control, intelligent room correction and a full professional calibration suite. Every parameter on this powered subwoofer — levels, delay, crossovers, limiter and EQ — opens in the same application that configures the rest of the range, so an installer learns one tool.
Live DSP Control
Connect to any Xylem on the network and the full signal chain opens up: per-channel gain and delay, four crossover modes with live curve rendering, and six bands of parametric EQ per channel. Changes hit the DSP instantly over the local network — no round trips, no cloud. Discovery is zero-configuration: amplifiers announce themselves, so there is nothing to pair and no address to type. The delay block itself is accurate to 3 µs on a commanded 5.000 ms.
Arrival-Time Measurement That Survives Wireless
Aligning speakers needs each one's arrival time at the listening position to sub-millisecond accuracy — sound moves about 34 cm per millisecond, so a 1 ms error puts a speaker a third of a metre from where it really is. A wired rig gets this from a loopback cable, where one clock drives playback and capture. Over a network there is no loopback and the receiver's clock is not yours, so XSCACE Studio rides a train of quiet pilot bursts throughout the entire measurement — including underneath the sweep — and reconstructs the receiver's real time map from them. Against REW, the reference tool in this field, it agreed to 0.01 ms.
Eleven-Instrument Calibration Toolkit
Eleven instruments: X-Sense EQ, SPL Meter, Delay, Levels, Polarity, Frequency Response, Sub Align, Transfer Function, RT60, RTA and Mic Cal. One run yields distance, level, polarity and signal-to-noise for every channel. Every measurement can export the raw microphone capture as a 16-bit WAV, so any disputed result can be dissected offline against a reference implementation.
It Refuses Rather Than Guesses
A measurement tool that returns a confident wrong number is worse than one that returns nothing. RT60 follows ISO 3382-1 practice — Lundeby truncation, a minimum 12 dB fit span, an r² ≥ 0.90 quality gate — and when a room will not support a defensible reading it says so and tells you which way to move: raise the level, or quieten the room. Every run also measures its own worst timing warp and warns above 0.5 ms, recommending a wired input for sub-millisecond work.
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Built to work together
The back panel, explained
Everything the system needs is on one plate: the signal in, the processing, the levels, the two powered outputs that drive the satellites, and mains that loops on to the next cabinet.
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32-bit DSP and presets
The processing display and preset selector. Presets recall from the panel itself, so a system can be switched without a laptop or a tablet on site.
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Two XLR pre-level inputs
IN A / MONO IN and IN B take a line-level feed, with a mono A+B switch for running the pair from a single source. Each has a male XLR link output to pass the signal on to the next subwoofer in a stack.
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RS485 and USB
RS485 in and link for control across multiple cabinets, and USB for direct connection. The externally-mounted interface module bridges these to XSCACE Studio.
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Full-range and bass volume
Two independent level controls: one for the satellites on the powered outputs, one for the subwoofer's own driver. Balance is set on the box, not upstream.
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Cast heatsink
The finned casting is the amplifier's entire cooling system. No fan means no intake, which is part of how the cabinet stays sealed against weather.
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Two 400 W speaker outputs
OUT 1 and OUT 2 on speakON, 400 W each, wired 1+ / 1-. The left and right satellites connect here and run from this amplifier — the reason a full system needs no separate amplifier rack.
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AC in and AC through
powerCON input and a powerCON output on the same panel, so mains loops from one cabinet to the next rather than running a separate feed to each.
Common installations
X182A in context
- What is the XSCACE X182A?
- Specified for outdoor venues, terraces, poolside and garden installations, festival and event stages, and large public spaces where a powered subwoofer has to drive the satellites itself and survive weather exposure without a dry amplifier position.
- What is the frequency response of the X182A?
- The X182A covers 30Hz–200Hz (±3dB).
- What is the power output of the X182A?
- The X182A is rated at 600W RMS into 8Ω.
- What type of product is the X182A?
- The X182A is a subwoofer product.
- How deep is the X182A?
- The X182A requires 806mm of depth.
- Is the X182A rated for outdoor or wet-area use?
- Yes, the X182A carries an IP55 ingress protection rating.
- What is the X182A typically used for?
- The X182A is typically specified for Outdoor terraces and poolside · Garden and rooftop events · Festival and event stages · Resort and hospitality grounds · Sports and public address.