One more time, here's the deal with IBs. No 'box', so no box induced colorations.
Unknown to most listeners is that there are subtle details recorded on the most bass tracks. With a good quality main speaker, if you listen to a 6-string guitar, you hear the 'pluck' of the pick. With an IB you hear the same 'pluck' from a stand-up bass. You hear the 'transient attack' of the foot pedal on a bass drumhead.
Every standard 'box', ported/sealed/PR/isobaric/whatever, tends to "smear" the details of the bass tracks. So people aren't able to hear what they paid good money for in the recordings. Now if your idea of 'great' bass is a low-rider booming down the road, please go elsewhere. However if you want high quality, very LOW frequencies, with amazing amounts of detail. Then IB bass is the ticket.
Don't have the ability to cut that hole in the wall/ceiling/floor? Then dipole bass is your salvation. Same great quality, same great detail, in a portable cabinet. Here are some links where to Seigfried Linkwitz (yes he's the "L" in L/R crossovers) talks about
"H" baffle and
"W" baffle dipole bass designs. These are a little more tricky than a 'box' sub because they require specialized EQ. But they easily deliver the same great bass quality as IB subs
Zack_R
Not to worry. Comparing an IB sub to the soffit mounted RS speaker, is something like comparing a tricycle to a Vette.
