A type of speaker enclosure which consists only of a front panel into which the speaker drivers are connected.
A loudspeaker baffle of infinite space that has no openings for the passage of sound from the front to the back of the speaker. Also, a sealed enclosure where the internal volume is greater than the Vas of the driver.
alternative term for a sealed speaker enclosure. Because the sound waves created by a speaker cone's rear motion cannot interact with those emanating from the front of the cone, the effect of the sealed box is akin to having a front baffle of "infinite" size, hence the phrase "infinite baffle."
A speaker enclosure that is completely sealed except for openings occupied by the driver cones. The enclosure performance is similar to mounting the drivers on a panel of infinite extent, which explains the name. Also called a sealed enclosure, which is actually more accurate.
An enclosure that is larger than the VAS of the driver, or, any baffle board where there is no path for the energy from the rear of the woofer to meet the energy from the front of the woofer.
A type of enclosure where the driver is mounted inside a sealed box. Contrast with open baffle.
In theory, an infinitely large flat baffle, used to isolate the sounds radiated by the front and back surfaces of a loudspeaker diaphragm. In practice, a baffle that is large compared to the longest wavelength of sound radiated by the loudspeaker. Also, incorrectly, used to describe a closed-box loudspeaker enclosure.
A baffle (board) that effectively prevents all of a loudspeaker's rear sound waves from interfering with its front waves.
A baffle so large that the sounds coming from one side do not reach the other side.
If the front of a loudspeaker driver is acoustically isolated from its back, it is said to be operating in an infinite baffle. Practical limitations result in enclosures behind drivers that still isolate the rear from the front. See also Dipole; Acoustic-suspension speakers; Electrostatic speakers; Planar-magnetic speakers.
A flat surface that completely isolates the back wave of a driver from the front.
A baffle that completely isolates the back wave of a driver from the front without a standard enclosure.
Sealed box loudspeakers work on the infinite baffle principle. The idea is to isolate the rear radiation and front radiation from a loudspeaker. In theory an infinitely large baffle board will perfectly achieve this goal.
A long and wide board, like a wall, that prevents a speaker's rear emanating sound from reaching the front without affecting the compliance of the moving system.
A speaker mounted in a board with no side or rear panels. Also called "free-air." Technically speaking, a speaker can be considered infinite baffle if it is in a sealed enclosure that is larger than the Vas of the driver.
