Would foam speaker baffles hurt midbass?

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Topic: Would foam speaker baffles hurt midbass?

Posted By: fugit
Subject: Would foam speaker baffles hurt midbass?
Date Posted: July 07, 2004 at 8:50 AM

I was wondering if the XTC foam baffles used to protect door speakers from water would hurt the midbass if the speaker was designed to be a free air speaker.

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Posted By: kfr01
Date Posted: July 07, 2004 at 10:38 AM

Yeah, they could. I cut a hole in the back of mine. Allows them to breathe but protects them from any direct drips of water and provides a good cushy surface to mount on.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: July 07, 2004 at 10:39 AM

In general baffles like that tend to limit low frequency response (below about 200 to 250 Hz) but help emphasize mid-range response and presence. So yes, you could say that in many cases they "hurt the midbass." It depends on the speaker, of course...

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Posted By: MBZ oe
Date Posted: July 07, 2004 at 12:06 PM

I too have found that they make a free air designed speaked become an enclosed speaker system which limits their cone movement. I cut holes in mine as well and got the speakers moving right again.

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Posted By: fugit
Date Posted: July 07, 2004 at 5:14 PM

I have them behind some Alpine spr-176a's and when I listened to them in the shop they sounded WAY better. They're being pushed by a PPI pcx-440. Thanks for the quick responses.

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