R18is overview
Perlisten Audio isn’t just a stereophile company, our products have many use cases including cinema and immersive audio systems. As such, we have an enormous appeal to Integrators who design and engineer next-level systems that yield the ultimate experiences. Those projects require specialized products, ones that can be hidden within walls or behind fabric. These products don’t need a pristine exterior finish as they aren’t meant to be seen. Instead, they need to be installer-friendly and perform! The R18is is one of those performers. This subwoofer can output prodigious amounts of bass and can reach the sub-sonic ranges (below 20Hz) to reveal information you never knew was there, all while remaining hidden. The R18is comes with a 1,500 kW external amplifier that can be placed on an equipment stand or mounted into a 19″ (403mm) rack.
Standard finishes
Grills are optional
Satin Black
It's all in the details
R-Series subs – Trickle down technology from our flagship D-Series, we’ve developed a lineup of single-driver-based subwoofers. Ground up drivers created by our team of engineers. Glass fiber composite diaphragms, multiple aluminum shorting rings, massive magnets, multi-layer Nomex spiders and lightweight aluminum voice coil wire are the key ingredients – Proprietary nonlinear modeling techniques allow us to simulate all these components and then optimize for real world driver performance – free air and in box. Further refinement is performed with the aid of our Klippel laser measurement system to fine-tune the settings. Powered by our new 1.5 kW amplifier, all functions and safety features are controlled by a 48-bit data bath DSP and a 32-bit ARM M4 Cortex processor, capable of reacting in microseconds to ensure sonic accuracy. All R-Series subs share our 2.4” LCD touchscreen display and ability to control advanced settings using our App.
| Alignment | Acoustic suspension |
| Amplifer | 1500W rms |
| Display Interface | 2.8" LCD color touchscreen |
| App | iOS and Android |
| Processor | 32-bit ARM Cortex M4, double precision floating point math |
| DSP Engine | Ti DSP 48-bit data paths |
| Driver compliment | 460mm (18"), Glass fiber diaprhragm +/-31.9mm linear excursion |
| Reference sensitivity | TBD dB /150mV/ 1.0m |
| Frequency Response THX EQ Boost (Large Room) EQ Cut (Small Room) EQ | 20-280Hz (-6dB) / 16-345Hz (-10dB) 16-280Hz (-6dB) / 14-345Hz (-10dB) 25-280Hz (-6dB) / 19-345Hz (-10dB) |
| Inputs | (1) Balanced XLR (1) Unbalanced RCA |
| Outputs | (1) Balanced XLR unbuffered (1) Unbalanced RCA unbuffered (1) Digital AES/2 |
| Parametric EQ | 10-Band PEQ with 3 user presets |
| Low Pass filter | bypass, 30-160Hz, slope 6,12,18,24dB/oct |
| Phase | variable 0-270° |
| Polarity | normal / inverted |
| Configurable Auto turn-on and 12v Trigger | XLR, RCA |
| Subwoofer Dimensions overall (HxWxD) *see architectural drawing | 1000.0 x 508.0 x 306.0mm (without brackets) 39.3 x 20.0 x 12.1" |
| Amplifier Dimensions overall (HxWxD) *see architectural drawing | 89.0 x 429.2 x 322.4mm 3.5 x 16.9 x 12.7" |
| Weight NW subwoofer NW amplfier GW packaged | 68.9 kg (151.6 lbs) 6.1 kg (13.4 lbs) 96.4 kg (212.1 lbs) |
| Available Finishes | matte black |