In more detailed terms an infinite baffle is a unique type of subwoofer alignment where the drivers are mounted on a sealed baffle in free air.
Infinite baffle subwoofer attic.
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.
Along with single high excursion progressive spider a multiplayer foam surround attached to a fiber impregnated kraft pulp cone helps keep things under control.
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.
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.
In very simple terms an ib is basically an extremely large multi driver sealed subwoofer system.
Featuring a quad stack magnet motor for clearance under high excursion.
So i own it.
The 2017 ib3 v2 series of subwoofers is our higher power handling infinite baffle subwoofer line.
The reason it is not popular is because it is never a plug and play install.
A view into the mechanical room that acts as the subwoofer enclosure just before the subs were installed.
The enclosure behind the woofer is so large that the woofer moves very freely allowing frequencies down to 5 hz.
It takes time and effort to properly install and dampen a rear deck baffle.
The dayton audio ib series subwoofers are designed to produce extremely low clean uncolored bass in infinite baffle situations.
On top of that you usually have to dampen the entire trunk also to prevent things from rattling and.
Infinite baffle faq what is an ib infinite baffle subwoofer system.