The Amp Garage

A floating baffle is still secured to the cabinet, but not along all for sides of the baffle itself. It is attached in a way that allows it to vibrate more freely. You would not capture it on all four sides in a rabbet, that would have major buzz problems and be somewhat decoupled from the cabinet box. Attach the baffle along two opposing sides, or at all four corners with open/non-tight sides.

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https://www.soundsriteaudio.com/blog/-w ... ng-baffle/

It’s my understanding that the baffle is attached on only 2 opposing sides.

Seems like it would rattle if left truly floating in a rabbit groove.

brewdude wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:22 pm It’s my understanding that the baffle is attached on only 2 opposing sides.

Seems like it would rattle if left truly floating in a rabbit groove.

Yes it would and that is why i am having trouble undersrand why it is called "floating baffle". There seem to be a little confusion.
Anyway, the rabbit groove I was talking about just came out from my woodworker prospective, so just forget about it!

The narrow panel cabinet's baffle is secured to the top and bottom valences with a screw in each corner. I put a rubber washer between the baffle and the valence. Let me find a few photos - one I did in plywood. I used a 15" speaker on this one.

What a nice looking cabinet.
What colour is that?
I m asking, those rubber washers, will they attenuate a lot of the vibrations going from the baffle to the cabinet?

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I need to take a better look into this.
If i understand it correctly, you just let the baffle be in a rabbit hole type of channel inside the cabinet, no screws or glue whatsoever?
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A floating baffle has two screws on either side of the baffle [or only top and bottom] holding it to the frame. This allows the unsecured sides to flex as the speakers push air. I've always been curious what the long term affects this has on the speaker frames. I'm a closed back fan and haven't ever run a floating baffle.

Russ

I m using a 1/2 birch plywood for the baffle, i highly doubt there s going to be any movement on the sides if it is secured with four screws on the top and bottom but i would never refer to this arrangement as “floating”.
I will leave this debatable matter to the professionals and build this cabinet with the baffle secured on two sides only, i m not calling it that, over my dead body