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Follow up: the McCauley 8251-8 18″ Loudspeaker

Quick follow up on the 8251-8.
Here are the preliminary TS parameters.

BL 24 Tm
Qts 0.4
Xmax(linear) 0.75in
Xmax(peak) 1.0in
Xmax(destruction) 1.5in
Fs 30Hz
Mms 240g

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Pictured is the final prototype before production.

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Ground plane frequency response of a prototype dual 8251-8 18″ sub-woofer measured with both woofers in parallel.

Sensitivity of the prototype sub box was 105dBSPL at 40Hz when driven with a 2.2Vrms signal (1W/1m at the impedance at 40Hz).