Fi's new IB subs
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Gold Member Username: Naledge503Http://com4.runboard.c... Post Number: 2327 Registered: Jun-06 | http://www.audiojunkies.com/blog/866#continued |
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Gold Member Username: Livin_loudDo Work Fi Audio Post Number: 2008 Registered: Jan-06 | 209 shipped for the 18!  |
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Silver Member Username: JtownTeam Revolution, Texas Post Number: 975 Registered: Mar-07 | what does Infinite Baffle mean? |
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Gold Member Username: BasssquaredKansas Post Number: 1575 Registered: Nov-06 | it means you can use those subs free air you know without a box just bolted on a baffle |
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Silver Member Username: Talon0112 audioque 2.5 145.2 ..., Pa Usa Post Number: 498 Registered: Jun-07 | cool |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 4409 Registered: Jul-06 | I have NEVER seen an IB install that yielded good performance. Should be interesting to see how these do. |
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Silver Member Username: CblazeRock island, Tenesssee Us Post Number: 638 Registered: Sep-07 |  |
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Silver Member Username: Mj23dynastySome where 12 wangin o..., The Mighty J... USA Post Number: 577 Registered: Oct-07 | Wow tht concept doesn't sound 2 good but hey I'm a noob. |
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Silver Member Username: Press1Yuba City, CA USA Post Number: 317 Registered: Nov-04 | Back in the day I had two Lanzar 12" Infinite baffle subs in an Accord. My wife made me take them out because it was too loud for her. Now we have separate cars! lol |
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Silver Member Username: HgihkcinLincoln, NE Post Number: 293 Registered: Sep-05 | i doubt many people will be putting them in cars, i think they will go mostly twords home audio use |
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Gold Member Username: Tremor1127Fi Post Number: 2520 Registered: Aug-06 | yeah, they should be good for HT but i still wouldnt use them just for music in my house... |
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Silver Member Username: Press1Yuba City, CA USA Post Number: 318 Registered: Nov-04 | "i doubt many people will be putting them in cars, i think they will go mostly twords home audio use" ??? Maybe, but if you have a good sealed up trunk, just mount a baffle behind the seat mount your sub...trunk becomes box, and bam...you have bass. How would you use it in HT? |
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Gold Member Username: InsearchofbassPost Number: 7294 Registered: Jun-04 | "Back in the day I had two Lanzar 12" Infinite baffle subs in an Accord. My wife made me take them out because it was too loud for her. Now we have separate cars! lol" back when Lanzar was Lanzar they made some mean subs and amps too |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 11421 Registered: Jun-06 | Some serious HT setups use this design, with quite impressive results. Design is only limited to your imagination. Most popular approach is an attic install with the driver(s) venting into the living space. Really shakes the house. http://www.stereointegrity.com/hometheater.php |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 11422 Registered: Jun-06 | Here's another good example. http://www.mindspring.com/~jonfoulkes/Home_Theater/Speakers/IBInstallStory.htm |
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Silver Member Username: JtownTeam Revolution, Texas Post Number: 980 Registered: Mar-07 | Paul FTMFW!! I thought it sounded stupid until you posted those examples and G-love's post |
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Silver Member Username: DenimWww.TeamSSAudio.com, MD Post Number: 509 Registered: Nov-06 | IB is most home audio, with the right work and install, IB can be the cleanest and best performing. |
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Gold Member Username: Denali_on_22sYou can call me Scroog... Post Number: 3250 Registered: Feb-06 | well with a fs of only 22 on the 18 it would be fine to use in a car as well as home audio... it will be interesting to see what people who try them out think... |
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Gold Member Username: Snarl2004Digital Design 9515, Massive Audi... Post Number: 1954 Registered: Dec-06 | when i get my own place i plan on using my attic for an IB kinda like the example above. for now ill just have to stick with my 18" ava  |
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Gold Member Username: Snarl2004Digital Design 9515, Massive Audi... Post Number: 1955 Registered: Dec-06 | and why do they have the IB subs on the audiojunkies website but not fi's main website? |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 11424 Registered: Jun-06 | If I had the house for it an IB would be my next step. For now my Q works just fine. I've thought about it tho.... |
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Silver Member Username: TejcurrentPost Number: 888 Registered: Apr-07 | Why isn't that on the Fi site if it's Fi? Or is it another company? No joke- that's EXACTLY what I plan on doing for my H/T setup upstairs (with a single Q coffee table downstairs). I have an attic that takes up 1/3 of the upstairs, with a flat wall facing the den. I plan on cutting holes for 2 18s and doing an IB setup up because the wall is 1" pine. Only minor work to make that a reality :D |
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Silver Member Username: Press1Yuba City, CA USA Post Number: 319 Registered: Nov-04 | I don't think I like the Attic install. I'm sure they know what they are doing and all, but my attic gets well over 130 degrees in the summer. That high of a temperature has to effect the surround on the sub and the amount of power the VC can handle. JMO |
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Gold Member Username: JohnfiacA-ToWn, Bangn aint easy ....when u g... Post Number: 3948 Registered: Mar-06 | Xmax 30mm 500-600watts 20hz free air  im sure you can make a decent setup in a car with the right box to... probally differnt power but ya.. |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 11447 Registered: Jun-06 | "I don't think I like the Attic install. I'm sure they know what they are doing and all, but my attic gets well over 130 degrees in the summer. " Do you know how hot it gets in your trunk or backseat in the summer? Not much difference. |
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Gold Member Username: JohnfiacA-ToWn, Bangn aint easy ....when u g... Post Number: 3956 Registered: Mar-06 | IMO the trunk prolly gets hotter... expessially when all your equiptment is running... unless you have alot of airleaks moving air in and out of the trunk... but it would still be hot// |
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Gold Member Username: Tremor1127Fi Post Number: 2521 Registered: Aug-06 | haha, yeah, the attic is alot better for equipment than a trunk. |
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Silver Member Username: Press1Yuba City, CA USA Post Number: 322 Registered: Nov-04 | I usually don't come out and say "your wrong", but this is something I kind of have some experience in. I would imagine that if people have been doing this kind of install in attics, there is nothing wrong with it. But as for the temperature difference between the trunk and an attic, there is a big difference here in Cali. I am a temperature nut...I'm in the Heating/Air conditioning trade and I have thermometers all over...even in my trunk and in my attic. Like I said...a nut! The one in my trunk has never been over 120 in the summer time even when the cabin of the car is @ 145 with the sun beating down on it left in a parking lot. My windows are tinted, but that doesn't make too much of a difference when it sits for a while. But the trunk, even when playing bass hard for some time doesn't get too bad...120 is the highest and that was summertime. However, my attic has been at 153 on a 105 degree day...that was until I put in an attic fan to get that heat out of there. I'm not saying it wont work, but I can't imagine it is IDEAL! That is all. |
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Gold Member Username: Snarl2004Digital Design 9515, Massive Audi... Post Number: 1957 Registered: Dec-06 | probly also dependes alot where you live. |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 11456 Registered: Jun-06 | Any extreme isn't good for any electrical or audio product. Temps, humidity, dust, ect..... My brother in law is a sales manager for heat and air for Sears in my area. I often wondered why so many builders are putting their units in the attic space in new construction. I design trusses so it comes into play in my trade as well. Those units seem to work fine in the attics. Always curious I guess..... |
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Silver Member Username: CcdoggyPost Number: 153 Registered: Jul-06 | IB setups can be ridiculously good sounding and performing. in a HT setup it goes down super low and super flat, low as in flat to ~12hz. However not every driver is any good in an IB, these drivers were originally custom from Fi and pretty much only a few HT forums knew about them. Now it looks like they are catching on and word is getting out. as for temps, yea the baffle area shouldent be an extreme, which can cause design problems. |
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Silver Member Username: DenimWww.TeamSSAudio.com, MD Post Number: 518 Registered: Nov-06 | It is faster to post information on Audiojunkies then update the Fi website. |
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