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Post by jerrin on Dec 5, 2011 14:07:51 GMT -5
I know of one other person on this board who has an IB. N8dogg has the exact same IB I do.
So, to those that have IBs... how long did it take you to adjust to the sound?
It took me a couple of months. But now that I am used to it, there is no way I'm going to use anything other than an IB in my HT room. The bass is just so quick and powerful... but clean.
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Post by esquire on Dec 5, 2011 15:01:29 GMT -5
What is an IB?
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Post by jerrin on Dec 5, 2011 15:07:04 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2011 20:17:44 GMT -5
I know of one other person on this board who has an IB. N8dogg has the exact same IB I do. So, to those that have IBs... how long did it take you to adjust to the sound? It took me a couple of months. But now that I am used to it, there is no way I'm going to use anything other than an IB in my HT room. The bass is just so quick and powerful... but clean. i was good to go within a few days, as I used ported monsters before my IB which are similar in sound IMO. I love my IB but I wish I had a sealed room, It would have been more than enough in a sealed room but in my basement, I needed the extra 2 x 18's and the 2 x 21's to get my desired sound level as it's all open to the rest of it. |
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Post by NorthStar on Dec 12, 2011 22:02:39 GMT -5
Is IB truly a right term? Because me too I was totally confused.  ;D I was thinking IBM computer.  |
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Post by NorthStar on Dec 12, 2011 22:04:04 GMT -5
Ippy Birthday Esquire! 
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Post by DYohn on Dec 12, 2011 22:18:44 GMT -5
TECHNICALLY every sealed subwoofer is IB. But the term has come to mean large architectural installations that use a part of your home to create a very large enclosure. My hand is up for using one for HT (and for also having stereo OB, or open baffle subs for music.)
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Post by NorthStar on Dec 12, 2011 22:35:44 GMT -5
But what does IB stand for David?
OB = Open Baffle.
But, IB = Inclosed Baffle*?
* But why not EB? ...Enclosed Baffle.
...Or SE for Sealed Enclosure?
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Post by red5ive on Dec 12, 2011 23:56:53 GMT -5
Thanks for clearing that up. I thought it was slang for "I think therefore IB." |
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Post by DYohn on Dec 12, 2011 23:59:55 GMT -5
IB stands for Infinite Baffle, which means the rear wave of the driver cannot interact with the front wave, effectively making the baffle size infinitely large. It has nothing to do with the size of the ENCLOSURE, it has to do with the effective size of the front baffle.
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Post by NorthStar on Dec 13, 2011 0:08:37 GMT -5
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Post by Darksky on Dec 13, 2011 1:53:45 GMT -5
IB
Irritable Bowel- completely different woofer
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Post by hemster on Dec 13, 2011 6:41:29 GMT -5
IB Irritable Bowel- completely different woofer ;D ;D |
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Post by monkumonku on Dec 13, 2011 10:13:22 GMT -5
IB Irritable Bowel- completely different woofer Sounds like you have some equalization problems.  |
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Post by jerrin on Dec 25, 2011 19:25:25 GMT -5
I know of one other person on this board who has an IB. N8dogg has the exact same IB I do. So, to those that have IBs... how long did it take you to adjust to the sound? It took me a couple of months. But now that I am used to it, there is no way I'm going to use anything other than an IB in my HT room. The bass is just so quick and powerful... but clean. i was good to go within a few days, as I used ported monsters before my IB which are similar in sound IMO. I love my IB but I wish I had a sealed room, It would have been more than enough in a sealed room but in my basement, I needed the extra 2 x 18's and the 2 x 21's to get my desired sound level as it's all open to the rest of it. Yeah, I've got an area 22x17 that I'm using for my HT, so the size is about right for a 4x18' IB. I'm planning on using two manifolds for my next IB, as I used a line array for this one. The manifolds look much easier to build. |
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Post by jerrin on Dec 25, 2011 19:26:29 GMT -5
IB Irritable Bowel- completely different woofer That's what happens when you play too much Cloverfield or J.P with your IB. ;D The dreaded "brown note." lol |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 25, 2011 21:24:49 GMT -5
i was good to go within a few days, as I used ported monsters before my IB which are similar in sound IMO. I love my IB but I wish I had a sealed room, It would have been more than enough in a sealed room but in my basement, I needed the extra 2 x 18's and the 2 x 21's to get my desired sound level as it's all open to the rest of it. Yeah, I've got an area 22x17 that I'm using for my HT, so the size is about right for a 4x18' IB. I'm planning on using two manifolds for my next IB, as I used a line array for this one. The manifolds look much easier to build. ya my manifold took about a hour to make and put together pretty simple. Then i just PL'd the crap out of all the joints and I was good to go! |
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Post by jerrin on Dec 27, 2011 0:01:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I've got an area 22x17 that I'm using for my HT, so the size is about right for a 4x18' IB. I'm planning on using two manifolds for my next IB, as I used a line array for this one. The manifolds look much easier to build. ya my manifold took about a hour to make and put together pretty simple. Then i just PL'd the crap out of all the joints and I was good to go! Yeah, see that beats the pants off of my build. It took me two days to reinforce the wall. I used 2 layers of osb and sheetrock (on both sides) with wood screws and glue. That wall is going nowhere! lol |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2011 0:26:24 GMT -5
ya my manifold took about a hour to make and put together pretty simple. Then i just PL'd the crap out of all the joints and I was good to go! Yeah, see that beats the pants off of my build. It took me two days to reinforce the wall. I used 2 layers of osb and sheetrock (on both sides) with wood screws and glue. That wall is going nowhere! lol I did that the first time but after I threw 4 drivers in there, we couldn't brace it enough to not vibrate the entire house really bad lol. You could watch the wall flex upstairs! it was pretty crazy. We then took it all down and I did the manifold and put rubber gaskets around it. In my case I had to do it. Turned out pretty good but my room was so long and weird that where I ended up sitting, was kind of a dead spot. When IU had my TV down there it was perfect but when I put the projector down there, I had to move back 3-4 feet and that made a world of difference for the worse lol. |
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Post by jerrin on Dec 30, 2011 14:04:32 GMT -5
I've been thinking about going with an IB using 4 of the 21's, but I'm currently learning towards going with 8 Ficar 18's in 2 manifolds. Seems like that would probably be a better move.
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