Infinite bafflement?


I was just reading a review of the Linn Ninka loudspeakers, and noted that their design is described as "infinite baffle," which seems to mean that there is no port. Is this the same as what I used to know back in the day as acoustic suspension, or is this an altogether more modern and different beast? Thanks.
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Infinite baffle is a pretty self-descriptive term. If you use Gregm's definition (which is correct), just think of the front baffle of any speaker in which all drivers are front mounted. Now imagine that that baffle is infinitely large. There willl be no front/back wave interaction because the waves are separated by an "infinite" baffle. In the real world the baffle is merely large (not infinitely large), so a large sealed box is required to isolate the rear waves.

Marty
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