Can you free air a Kickers?

[smgreen2043]

Kicker used to make free air subs. The compv/vrs are as close as it gets from them, as back in the day, they were the same speaker, just had a diff sticker on the back. I know, I used to have one and referanced all these Qs from an old Kicker Rep, Kevin Houstin.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

box:

huh didnt know it even used one

 

[strong*I*bumpin 10+ year member]

Only the Comps & SoloX is IB capable

 

[SplChoice- 10+ year member]

^^ true

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

Only the Comps & SoloX is IB capable

does IB capable means Free air? thanks

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

IB and Free Air mean the same thing, the term "Free Air" is a trade mark of Stillwater Designs (they make Kicker). It kinda irks me that on the REO vids it say X subwoofer is "free aired" when in fact it isnt, it is simply used with no box

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

IB and Free Air mean the same thing,

Not in common usage they don't.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

In 'the old days' (lol) alot of people called infinite baffle "free air". However the industry in general seems to use free-air excusively for no-enclosure no-baffle situations, for testing purposes. If you want to use free-air and IB interchangeably, you are gonna have to come up with a new term for no-enclosure and no-baffle, then get the manufacturers to start using it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Basically no, free-air and infinite baffle are different. Even most official definitions of the two show them as free-air is no enclosure and no baffle while IB is what we all know as IB.

*shrug*

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

http://www.caraudiohelp.com/custom_car_audio_boxes/custom_car_audio_boxes.htm

 

[Octavio 10+ year member]

How long would a CVR12 last on free air if you pump in about 200 watts rms ?

 

[oglejust 10+ year member]

it would prolly bottom out