subwoofer in the ceiling

[scotsman 10+ year member]

Does anyone have a link to the webpage where people basically designed the subwoofer enclosure in their ceilings and had the subs down firing into the living room?

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[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

You are referring to Infinity Baffle.

http://ibsubwoofers.proboards51.com/index.cgi

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

any specific reason you are wanting to mount subs in the ceiling... i think a ported enclosure would be much more louder and efficient

 

[scotsman 10+ year member]

I just thought it was really clean, and I thought it would sound better? Correct me if I'm wrong? I am going to be buying a house end of this year beginning of next and want to do a custom home theatre, so I will be asking a lot of questions in the future since I know NOTHING.

 

[spudracer326 10+ year member]

subs are fine in a ceiling as long as they are on axis...

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

subs are fine in a ceiling as long as they are on axis...

Explain that one to me.

 

[scotsman 10+ year member]

which axis?

 

[spudracer326 10+ year member]

well from my experiance there is much to be gained by putting them firing where the rest of the drivers are...otherwise they have a tendencey to be easy to localize...

 

[scotsman 10+ year member]

so is this infinite baffle a good idea or just better to go with the conventional sub and box in the corner?

 

[twisztdauthorit 10+ year member]

what if you mount the sub in the ceiling but enclosed it in a sealed box?

so in essence its just a sealed box type, mounted to the ceiling.... anyone feel me on this one?

 

[spudracer326 10+ year member]

also it helps to have one in each corner of the room...

edit...all firning to one general location

 

[scotsman 10+ year member]

what if you mount the sub in the ceiling but enclosed it in a sealed box?so in essence its just a sealed box type, mounted to the ceiling.... anyone feel me on this one?

yea thats what I was thinking about, building a box for 2 15" sealed and having it fire down into the room with grill cloth covering it.

 

[ballstothewall 10+ year member]

what if you mount the sub in the ceiling but enclosed it in a sealed box?so in essence its just a sealed box type, mounted to the ceiling.... anyone feel me on this one?

NO, it is NOT a sealed box in the attic. You use the entire attic/basement/whatever as the enclosure, and the wall/ceiling ans the baffle that separates the front wave from the back wave.

 

[hempy 10+ year member]

I was under the impression that subwoofers are omnidirectional?

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

no, bass is - to a certain point. If you can localize it, lower the xover.