Anyone interested in a 22" IB3?

**onebadmonte** · **04-23-09, 10:29 AM**

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ISLAND1000 wrote:

There'll even be pictures of guys carrying them around in their arms.
GET READY! BE PREPARED!

LOL! Nice avatar.

**ISLAND1000** · **04-23-09, 03:55 PM**

Ahhhhh HUgo, You're onebadmonte!

**txsmoke** · **04-26-09, 10:53 AM**

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Fi Audio wrote:

We just received our first proto of the 22" 12 spoke basket and Im rather happy with it

Got me thinking that the IB crowd might be interested in a 22" version. Currently the surround and rubber gasket are being tooled and I should have a surround sample in about 2 weeks. But... cone bodies are going to be done in house with composites (initially this size was geared towards high power autosound). But I might be able to do a curvilinear cone that isnt using a core to keep the costs lower.

Let me know if this sounds interesting... definitely could make it happen

Any updates on this?

Thanks,
Mike

**jagman** · **04-28-09, 01:31 PM**

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txsmoke wrote:

Any updates on this?

Thanks,
Mike

+1.

I'm moving to a new house in a month or two and the HT will go in an open loft (the space has at least 10k cubic feet... but probably closer to 15k given the open floor plan). Two 22" IB3 drivers at the front would be perfect. Having the option of adding a couple more if needed at the rear would be even better.

**dynamowhum** · **05-01-09, 07:31 PM**

I also would like to know if these can be down fired?

**onebadmonte** · **05-01-09, 10:32 PM**

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dynamowhum wrote:

I also would like to know if these can be down fired?

I'm going to go out on a limb on this one and say yes. Mind you, I'm just a lurker here with no real credentials.

**dynamowhum** · **05-03-09, 05:24 AM**

Hugo could you give me a reason for this opinion? Are the smaller drivers in their IB line able to do this? If so okay but it might be a case of so much extra mass and not being able to be downfired as a result. I just don't know and would like an answer from the company if possible because that's how I would have to mount them. Thanks though for the input.

**onebadmonte** · **05-03-09, 09:28 AM**

I found this at partsexpress.com

http://www.parts-express.com//resour...t-up-down.cfm?

Plugging in the specs for the IB3 18" (X-max 30mm and Fs 22.3Hz) nets a 1.6656% sag. Which is an acceptable amount for downfiring a sub. Moving on to the 22" IB3. If the x-max stays at 30mm just like the 12", 15", & 18" and as long as the Fs stays above 14Hz we should be fine for down firing.

Hope this helps.

**dynamowhum** · **05-03-09, 06:32 PM**

I missed partsexpress carrying FI car stuff. Thanks for the info Hugo.

**Mike P.** · **05-03-09, 06:39 PM**

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I missed partsexpress carrying FI car stuff

They don't.

**dynamowhum** · **05-04-09, 10:46 PM**

Okay I reread the post and all I can say is I jut got off my 4 12 hour shift. Boy talk about obtuse.

**Fi Audio** · **05-13-09, 06:24 PM**

They will be able to be down fired.
We are tooling up with more machines to be able to take care of some items for the 22" IB and other products in house. We are part way through making to purpose built machines to make cone bodies. Given the tooling feels for a paper cone body for the 22" from our current vendor, it makes sense to spend about the same on machinery, fixtures, and tooling to be able to make our own.
While this will make things take a little longer, Im a big fan of doing as much as we can in house... just another tool in the arsenal.

Thanks,
Scott

**dynamowhum** · **05-13-09, 09:16 PM**

thanks for the update. I have been looking daily.

**filtor1** · **05-20-09, 11:53 AM**

I am getting excited about this!

Thanks for the update Scott!

**jagman** · **05-27-09, 01:54 AM**

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Fi Audio wrote:

They will be able to be down fired.
We are tooling up with more machines to be able to take care of some items for the 22" IB and other products in house. We are part way through making to purpose built machines to make cone bodies. Given the tooling feels for a paper cone body for the 22" from our current vendor, it makes sense to spend about the same on machinery, fixtures, and tooling to be able to make our own.
While this will make things take a little longer, Im a big fan of doing as much as we can in house... just another tool in the arsenal.

Thanks,
Scott

Great news! Will one be able mount these to a board laid on top of attic rafters spaced 24"OC? Do you have an estimate of cost and potential release date?

**dynamowhum** · **05-27-09, 11:12 AM**

Sorry Jagman but none of that is available. What's in this thread is the sum total of public knowledge at this point. As far as delivery date, well that is listed as soon.

**jagman** · **05-27-09, 01:35 PM**

The goal with my post was to prod Scott into posting a few more details

. I bit of a shot in the dark but we'll see...

**dynamowhum** · **05-28-09, 02:49 PM**

understood however he is kinda like herding a cat.

**Mike P.** · **05-28-09, 03:34 PM**

First you have to find the cat. Scott was asked about the 22" on the SSA forum, on May 26 he replied":

Still working through the machine and tooling for cone bodies (as we are doing it all in house). And I hate to say that the 22 is not at the top of the list right now, but we have several other big projects for OEM going that are taking front stage right now. 22 and other variants will come when some of these other projects are squared away.
It wont disappoint...

Thanks,
Scott

It will be definitely be worth the wait.

**dynamowhum** · **05-29-09, 05:53 PM**

Thanks for posting that. It seems to me that it could be a very long time instead of soon. I am sure it will be great when it comes out. But I have some " Happy Birthday to Me" money set aside and I have an itch for some more subwoofage and a project that needs to be scratched soon. So I will probably just settle for the 18"

lamenting what could have been.

**jagman** · **06-15-09, 03:55 PM**

Scott...

I believe I read earlier (somewhere) that the 22" IB3 driver will use the same motor as the 18" IB3 driver. If so, is it reasonable to think the power handling should be similar? In an IB setup with two drivers downfiring but NOT co-located, how many watts per driver would you consider reasonable? Remember, my preference is to not overdrive the drivers while at the same time avoid the necessity of a hi pass filter. Oh, I just thought of something... does the necessity of a hi pass filter change with a downfiring position vs the normal upright position?

Thanks!

**jagman** · **07-27-09, 04:16 PM**

How's it coming, Scott? Any answers for the above post (#95)?

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