Infinite Baffle Subwoofer Attic
A view into the mechanical room that acts as the subwoofer enclosure just before the subs were installed.
Infinite baffle subwoofer attic. My infinite baffle subwoofer installation. The 2017 ib3 v2 series of subwoofers is our higher power handling infinite baffle subwoofer line. You often need to relocate electronics trunk tension bars and other things to make room. In very simple terms an ib is basically an extremely large multi driver sealed subwoofer system.
On top of that you usually have to dampen the entire trunk also to prevent things from rattling and. I purchased an m k s 150 thx 5 1 system in september which came complete with a reference standard thx mx 150 mkii 150 watt powered subwoofer fr 20 hz 200 hz selectable low pass filters push pull dual 12 long throw drivers magnetically shielded. Ideally the subwoofers are situated between the listening room and an attic basement or garage using the floor ceiling or walls to separate the front and rear sound waves. Along with single high excursion progressive spider a multiplayer foam surround attached to a fiber impregnated kraft pulp cone helps keep things under control.
So i own it. It takes time and effort to properly install and dampen a rear deck baffle. The enclosure behind the woofer is so large that the woofer moves very freely allowing frequencies down to 5 hz. The reason it is not popular is because it is never a plug and play install.
The dayton audio ib series subwoofers are designed to produce extremely low clean uncolored bass in infinite baffle situations. Infinite baffle speaker in an enclosure vented to the attic 10 31 2016 05 27 pm please note that this is a cross post from the sound design site on stack exchange. Featuring a quad stack magnet motor for clearance under high excursion.