{"id":2081,"date":"2019-01-29T11:54:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T22:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/?p=2081"},"modified":"2019-04-06T11:58:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T22:58:07","slug":"dd-audio-z4-the-be-all-end-all-of-subwoofers-just-got-a-professional-level-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/dd-audio-z4-the-be-all-end-all-of-subwoofers-just-got-a-professional-level-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"DD Audio Z4 \u2013 The be-all, end-all of subwoofers just got a professional level upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PRESS RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Oklahoma City, OK, January 28th, 2019<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 DD Audio is proud to announce the immediate release of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ddaudio.com\/ddz\" target=\"_blank\">The Z4 Subwoofer<\/a>. The new Z4 is an 18 lens grade 52 neodymium open motor design. By increasing the surface area of the voice coil, size of the magnetic gap, and its heat dissipating abilities, the Z4 is able to be driven just as hard as the Z3, but with increased long-term high power handling. The USA steel motor parts are machined in DD Audio\u2019s hometown of OKC, and all the moving parts are USA made from the finest materials and manufacturing methods available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-press-release-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-press-release-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-press-release-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-press-release-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-press-release-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-press-release-1-360x240.png 360w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-press-release-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> The Z series is DD Audio\u2019s highest performing subwoofer line, designed specifically for precision, with competition in mind. Using the strongest motor on the planet, the Z series has won every major Sound Quality and Sound Pressure Level contest, in every variant, all over the world. The Z4 is for pros who know how to take advantage of the higher energy and improved handling. Everything but the frame has been upgraded to further eliminate loss of energy, better manage magnetic field distortion, and improve stress handling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-3qtr-back-right-2018-600x600.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-3qtr-back-right-2018-600x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-3qtr-back-right-2018-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-3qtr-back-right-2018-600x600-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Z4-3qtr-back-right-2018-600x600-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Like the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ddaudio.com\/products\/subwoofers\/z-series\/z\/\" target=\"_blank\">Z3<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ddaudio.com\/products\/subwoofers\/z-series\/z2-5-mini-z\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mini Z<\/a>\u00a0in the current lineup of Z subwoofers, the Z4 has been designed with distinguishing characteristics. Due to its open motor structure, the Z series experiences an increased benefit from cooling channels machined into the pole piece, resulting in a higher volume of airflow redirected to the voice coil. The pillars surrounding the pole have been extended to allow for increased excursion and longer coil windings. The magnetic configuration changed slightly to make use of the very high iron content steel to increase the flux energy that crosses the gap. The new Z4 is the most powerful Z that DD Audio have ever made. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rsYmFX5KTag?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE Oklahoma City, OK, January 28th, 2019\u00a0\u2014 DD Audio is proud to announce the immediate release of\u00a0The Z4 Subwoofer. The new Z4 is an 18 lens grade 52 neodymium open motor design. By increasing the surface area of the voice coil, size of the magnetic gap, and its heat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2081"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2090,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081\/revisions\/2090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hifihq.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}