Lindsayt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:26 pm
I've not come across any slimline ported speakers that do bass well.
And then there's my EV Sentry III wide baffle ported speakers with 15" drivers that I'd rate as "average" in the bass department. So even going large may not overcome the sonic drawbacks of ports.
The ported speakers with the best bass that I've come across are probably Steve 57's DIY'd speakers, but then they are semi ported, semi open baffle. And they do have decent quality 18" drivers.
Would anyone care to nominate any ported speakers that they think does bass well?
BTW, apart from sealed and ported and open baffle cabinets, there's also the Hartley Boffle.
This looks like an interesting idea and one worth trying some day...
Definitely. Love the innovative approach to cabinet design. Great name too!
And looks easy to build, so could certainly give a go. Presumably the 2x1 timbers that frame the holed underlay sheets would have some bracing effect too. Which would be helpful.
The underlay sheet idea reminds me of the internal "curtains" that Goodmans once suggested for cabinets for their old Axiom drivers (page 4 of the brochure here...
https://goodmans.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/a ... ochure.pdf
Regarding ported speakers that do bass well, I've not lived with a ported speaker for over ten years so I'm not confident enough to do anything as formal as make nominations, but I did enjoy my old Dynaudio Audience 82s (eventually replaced by NVA Cube 1s). Also I once heard some RFC Rhapsody speakers that I recall sounded very good.
All of my current speakers are largeish or large drivers in sealed boxes. Which informs me that from a purely sonic POV it is simpler, cheaper and probably better to base speaker designs around a large driver in non-ported cabinet. My wondering is simply about how possible (or "impossible"!) it is to design a good speaker around a ported design.
System 1: JRiver MC24 > Dell Latitude 7270 > Asus Xonar Essence One Muses Edition DAC & pre- > One4 Class A power amp (with Dynamic PSU boards) > DIY Monacor SP-310CX speakers & DIY Dayton Audio SD315A-88 bass cab.
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