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The Legatia L4SE’s topology has been based off of the massively successful Stage III Legatia L4 transducer, which was first launched in July 2007 to an enthusiastic reception of car audio competitors, enthusiasts, and car audiophiles. In the years since its inception, the L4 midrange has been included in several International Auto Sound Challenge Association (IASCA®) national- and world-championship vehicles, and is eclipsed in sheer wins to date only by the Legatia L3, its smaller midrange sibling. When it came time to develop the SE series, the first product earmarked for production was the Legatia L6 SE midrange/midbass. In Spring 2009, the first prototypes were
developed by company founder and lead designer Scott Buwalda, and the concept of a Special Edition series was born. The Legatia L4SE was the third SE driver in the series, which also includes the Legatia L3SE super wide-bandwidth midrange, Legatia L6SE midbass/midrange, and the L8SE
midrange/midbass, together with tweeter offerings from the emerging Stage V product line Legatia Pro Series.
By early 2010, a beta prototype pair of Legatia L4SE’s had been refined after hundreds of hours of testing and development; these highly-evolved drivers were sent to Team Hybrids members Jorge Juaristi, Jim Becker, and Hajji Grape for final testing and evaluation; all three of which are multiple IASCA and USACi champions. After countless hours testing the speakers under various circumstances, both as a dedicated midrange and as a “full range” point source driver (for midrange and treble duties without the use of a tweeter), the trio of testers gave their final approval. Production refinements were Spring and Summer of 2010, to incorporate features inclusive and proprietary to the SE line, and final
production commenced late Fall 2010. The Legatia L4SE was launched in December 2010 and is the reference 4.65-inch driver in Hybrid Audio’s Stage IV product category known collectively as the Legatia Special Edition Series.