Ported or sealed box speakers. Which do you prefer?

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Which do you prefer, ported or sealed box speaker?

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Ported or sealed box speakers. Which do you prefer?

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Do you have a preference between ported or sealed box speakers?

If so, which do you prefer?

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Definitely prefer sealed box. I know they technically dont have as much low output but they do roll off at a shallower rate below Fs than ported.

I don't dislike other methods but prefer sealed. I have some transmission line speakers that i used for 20 years and still like.
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I love sealed boxes, because they allow wall placement due to the slow roll off below Fs, and you can have much bigger drivers and cabs (in my case 12 inchers) in the room than a ported speaker would allow.
The bass is quick, even and agile, with no boom, even in a small room like mine.
Of course one could design a ported speaker able to be placed near a wall, but IMO, the quality /texture of bass instruments would still not be as good as that available from a sealed box
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Sealed boxes, based on my experience with Cubes. I ticked the wrong box by mistake :|
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I like the tighter, faster bass and the sharper imaging of sealed cabinets.

These changes were very evident when I modded a couple of pairs of small speakers.

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Do you like your bass drivers pointing forwards upwards or down ? :grin:
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karatestu wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:16 pm Do you like your bass drivers pointing forwards upwards or down ? :grin:
Sideways :mrgreen:




But seriously. The upward-firing Cube design does do that activating-the-room-acoustic thing.

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Fretless wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:24 pm
karatestu wrote: Sun Oct 13, 2019 3:16 pm Do you like your bass drivers pointing forwards upwards or down ? :grin:
Sideways :mrgreen:




But seriously. The upward-firing Cube design does do that activating-the-room-acoustic thing.
:lol:

Tried sideways and i don't like it :lol:
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Sealed boxes definitely my preference.

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While I would say that "generally" I have preferred sealed enclosures I have also come across other designs I've liked. I even had some large transmission lines that I really liked! I'd guess it's as much about application as anything else. So it's "No preference" for me I guess.
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