I would think that a port needs to be plugged with something that seals it, like the foam plugs that come with some subs. Maybe cut a piece off of a solid foam pool noodle.
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Stuffing the port of a sub will make it less of a sub. The lowest notes of a ported box come from the port, not the driver. And if the box was not designed to be used stuffed as well as a higher bass cut off you could get boomy bass even from a 'sealed' enclosure if the new Q of the system is high. Plus good ported bass sounds different from good sealed box bass. It tends to be richer due to more overhang than a good sealed box, A sealed box will tend to be more detailed but drier sounding. I happen to have big bass boxes with 18" woofers designed to be used both sealed and ported because the designer was afraid of too much bass in some rooms. I discussed what I heard as described above to him and we totally agreed on what we heard. But I ended up with a closed box(with 10 Hz less bass extention). And even though he knew the closed box was more accurate he used the ported format. |
@erik_squires My sub doesn't have a port; however, I've been running a cable into the low pass with my Ragnarok as Schiit says their speaker terminals are both active (and thus I don't use their REL cable). However, most guidance says to avoid the HPF altogether. What do you recommend? |
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