IB woofers water enclosure?

[Oraclem19]

Could an IB woofer invert mounted in a sealed box full of water function?

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[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

No water cannot be compressed thus it cannot act like a spring for the sub an react on

 

[oTurtlez 10+ year member]

Though water cannot be used, what about other fluids such as different gasses. A perfectly sealed box filled with nitrogen could sound different. This opens up a whole different world

 

[chefzane]

This sounds curious to me anyone have ideas?

 

[5.3bowtie 10+ year member]

Why was this even brought up? Are you wanting to change the sound of the sub, the response, something else? I am curious why an air-filled box is not good enough......

 

[I Do Rated 10+ year member]

Why was this even brought up? Are you wanting to change the sound of the sub, the response, something else? I am curious why an air-filled box is not good enough......

This is car audio. NOTHING is ever good enough //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif

But I think the different gases/liquids idea would be awesome. Maybe sealed boxes can be smaller and have the same response! who knows

 

[chefzane]

This is car audio. NOTHING is ever good enough //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fro.gif.c695f1f814b01c4ad99fe7f8cccadd29.gif
But I think the different gases/liquids idea would be awesome. Maybe sealed boxes can be smaller and have the same response! who knows

Same reason I was wondering where are these physics majors let's see if someone can figure this

Shouldn't be too hard to figure the diff in compression between everyday air and some other gas since we know the rates that most gases compress

 

[Allstar13 10+ year member]

If you fill the box with Helium your sub will only be able to produce High notes.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

If you fill the box with Helium your sub will only be able to produce High notes.

Ha

 

[hispls 5,000+ posts]

I would guess type of gass in the type of gass would make little to no difference. Considering how little audible difference say a 25% change in volume would even make.

 

[trumpet 5,000+ posts]

Ha

Lol, this is exactly what my reaction was out loud.

 

[chefzane]

Lol, this is exactly what my reaction was out loud.

Woke up my wife laughing

 

[Oraclem19]

just now realized this was my thread.

Actual reasoning behind this was to ask if the front of a woofer is waterproof give it is not a paper/pulp cone. Marine applications and such, given that the back of the woofer would not be exposed to any water.

 

[nu2spl 10+ year member]

just now realized this was my thread.
Actual reasoning behind this was to ask if the front of a woofer is waterproof give it is not a paper/pulp cone. Marine applications and such, given that the back of the woofer would not be exposed to any water.

actually a good question. even though water dont compress sound travels 15 times faster and 10 times farther in water than in air. i think someone might be on to something here

 

[Oraclem19]

Going to need some 10krms woofers with 10" neo magnets to resonate through water though. With a metal cone to prevent distortion/cone flex with some crazy pole stabilization.

Or something crazy like that.