We’re moving into a new house shortly and I have been thinking about subwoofer options, mainly for music (unfortunately I listen to a lot of pipe organ…)
Just wondering if anyone has ever tried a combination of Ripole style IB subwoofer, where the drivers are mounted in the ceiling, the slot between the drivers fires down into the room through the ceiling, and the back of the drivers fires into the ceiling space?
The ceiling is of timber joist/ sheet rock construction, and the face to face nature of the Ripole type construction would be force/vibration cancelling. This should reduce vibration issues. Hopefully the combined Fs will also end up lower than the driver spec although I’m not certain about this.
The back wave would naturally also be separated from the front wave - what is there not to like?
I’d anticipate using inexpensive pro drivers with paper cones and cloth surrounds to hopefully be resilient to the potentially high temperatures in the ceilings. I’d also anticipate using between two and four pairs of woofers to make the response throughout the room more uniform, although positioning is going to be next to impossible to test…
Woofer sizes I’d anticipate being between 12” and 18”.
MiniDSP would be used on the front end for XO/EQ.
I do currently have a pair of 12” Rythmik subs which are I love, but I’m thinking about trying to hide subwoofers entirely…
Any thoughts appreciated!
SS
Just wondering if anyone has ever tried a combination of Ripole style IB subwoofer, where the drivers are mounted in the ceiling, the slot between the drivers fires down into the room through the ceiling, and the back of the drivers fires into the ceiling space?
The ceiling is of timber joist/ sheet rock construction, and the face to face nature of the Ripole type construction would be force/vibration cancelling. This should reduce vibration issues. Hopefully the combined Fs will also end up lower than the driver spec although I’m not certain about this.
The back wave would naturally also be separated from the front wave - what is there not to like?
I’d anticipate using inexpensive pro drivers with paper cones and cloth surrounds to hopefully be resilient to the potentially high temperatures in the ceilings. I’d also anticipate using between two and four pairs of woofers to make the response throughout the room more uniform, although positioning is going to be next to impossible to test…
Woofer sizes I’d anticipate being between 12” and 18”.
MiniDSP would be used on the front end for XO/EQ.
I do currently have a pair of 12” Rythmik subs which are I love, but I’m thinking about trying to hide subwoofers entirely…
Any thoughts appreciated!
SS
If you do a Google image search for
infinite baffle ceiling subwoofer
you'll see quite a few of them using multiple drivers. They typically use a square cross section/tunnel so driver mounting/removal is easier.
If looking at cheap pro-sound woofers, keep an eye on Xmax. A subwoofer typically requires significant excursion, unless you're using very large drivers and/or a lot of them. The total volume displacement will determine the SPL capabilities.
And Fs, of course, since it's going to roll off below that.
infinite baffle ceiling subwoofer
you'll see quite a few of them using multiple drivers. They typically use a square cross section/tunnel so driver mounting/removal is easier.
If looking at cheap pro-sound woofers, keep an eye on Xmax. A subwoofer typically requires significant excursion, unless you're using very large drivers and/or a lot of them. The total volume displacement will determine the SPL capabilities.
And Fs, of course, since it's going to roll off below that.