The labyrinth increases the distance that the backward firing woofer soundwaves must travel to exit the port of the speaker. So it's like a bass reflex speaker with a very long (in distance traveled) port.
A good example of an actual transmission line speaker was those designed by Irving "Bud" M. Fried. See if he has a url and some more info on this design method.
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