Larger rooms · Full-range
Tikpal Deep
Prototype ValidationTikpal Reference architecture extended downward — a dedicated bass unit for rooms that want full-range sound without a subwoofer.
Part of Tikpal Room · Engineered by Tikpal Audio
Where it lives
Larger rooms · Full-range
A floor-standing column for rooms that want the full octave range from the speakers themselves. No subwoofer in the chain, no active electronics required — one pair, full range.
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Full range, no subwoofer
A dedicated 8-inch bass unit with its own alignment targets a provisional 30 Hz at -6 dB — the bottom octaves come from the speaker, not a box in the corner.
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One family voice
Everything above 300 Hz shares the Tikpal Reference mid/high module, so models can coexist in one system without a timbre discontinuity.
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Room-friendly bass
The bass handover sits at 300 Hz, where directivity is already omni-directional on both sides — room interaction stays smooth, and the alignment is tuned for real rooms.
Structure & waveguide
Structure & waveguide close-up photography is in preparation
Structure & waveguide close-up photography is in preparation
The measurements
What the measurements say
Tikpal Deep is in early concept and simulation. No measurement archive exists yet; when it does, it will carry the same evidence labelling as every other record.
Specifications
Specifications are provisional
| Format | Two-and-a-half-way floor-stander (provisional) |
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| Drivers | 6.5" mid-bass + dedicated 8" bass unit, waveguide tweeter |
| Crossover | 2.4 kHz acoustic + 300 Hz bass handover (provisional) |
| Frequency range | 30 Hz – 22 kHz target (provisional, -6 dB) |
| Sensitivity | ~87 dB / 2.83 V / 1 m (provisional) |
| Impedance | 8 Ω nominal (provisional) |
Development log
- Identical mid/high module to Tikpal Reference, so timbre is shared across the range.
- Dedicated bass unit with its own alignment, tuned for real rooms rather than anechoic show.
- Floor-standing geometry kept narrow to preserve the controlled directivity of the upper drivers.
- Single-amp friendly: no active electronics required, DSP presets available via Tikpal Amp One later.
The idea
Some rooms — and some listeners — want the full octave range from a pair of speakers with no subwoofer in the chain. Tikpal Deep keeps the entire mid and high structure of Tikpal Reference untouched and adds a dedicated bass section below it, voiced to integrate in ordinary rooms.
Design notes
The bass unit runs its own alignment. It hands over to the Reference mid-bass driver low enough that directivity is already omni-directional on both sides of the crossover, so room interaction stays smooth. The enclosure is a floor-standing column whose baffle width is kept to the Reference module, so the controlled-directivity story of the upper octaves is not compromised by a wider cabinet.
Everything above 300 Hz is shared with Tikpal Reference. That means the two models can coexist in one system — centre channel, second room, surround — without a timbre discontinuity.
What we measured
Tikpal Deep is in early concept and simulation. No measurement archive exists yet; when it does, it will appear under Measurements with the same evidence labelling as every other record.
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