Fi Comes out with New line of subs

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

dipoles are popular for that reason partially, it doesn't take as much fabrication work.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like a build i can complete.

It seems too simple. I mean I do have a full sheet of 12 ply just sitting around.

I would assume you would make the baffles at least 1.5" thick.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

What home application is this mostly suited for? Movies/Music?

Music, mainly...I don't really go on home theater forums so I don't know if anyone's done it for movies, but they seem like they're perfect jazz/acoustic/small arrangement speakers.

I don't know of much in between.

Bah, you can find used Rane gear for less than a grand. Check Ebay.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

dipoles are popular for that reason partially, it doesn't take as much fabrication work.

Is the 18" sub plus full range called a dipole? I am not very familiar with home audio terminology.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Is the 18" sub plus full range called a dipole? I am not very familiar with home audio terminology.

"Dipole" refers to the response pattern of the speaker - it looks like a figure-8, so if you were standing directly above it they'd be sound coming from both sides of the panel perpendicularly.

Like that, if you picture the vertical line in the middle to be the plane of the speaker.

Normal box speakers would have half of that figure-8 removed...

Planars like the Maggies, and electrostats are dipoles as well, so they interact with their surroundings a lot more than typical sealed or ported enclosures do...which is why they're such a ***** to place //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

Make sense.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

Im thinking i'm going to build a stereo system for my car that i can use in my house when i decide to do something different. I know that sounds stupid, but....

 

[James Bang 5,000+ posts]

sucks that there won't be 12"s in this IB line. Most people won't be able to fit 15"+ on the rear deck or pass-through.