Getting scammed by dealer?

[Ryanr623]

I am putting a subwoofer and amp in my boat, and having it installed by a reputable car audio place around here. I got an MTX marine amp and MTX marine subwoofer, the infinite baffle one.

They said the best place to put it would be under my boat seat facing up, which is fine. But there is no room for a box. They are only mounting it to an epoxy covered piece of board, and the seat is NOT sealed by any means. So this means it is true "free-air".... no box, not even a big one (like a trunk). I am not sure, even though the MTX says it is designed for free-air operation, it seems like the bass will be weak, i always heard you have to seperate the sound waves......will a big board do it? What do you think?

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[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

Lots of people do IB (Infinite baffle) So they are not ripping you off, just probably working with what they have.

I dont get how they couldnt get a regular box in there as I doubt it would require much space.

 

[Ryanr623]

Lots of people do IB (Infinite baffle) So they are not ripping you off, just probably working with what they have.
I dont get how they couldnt get a regular box in there as I doubt it would require much space.

Its got a decent amount of space, but there are seat brackets under the seats, separating the open space. They are putting baffle board over two of the seat brackets, so its like a box minus 2 walls..... like this below, the subwoofer on the top, facing up towards the seat pad

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