Wayne Parham Messages: 18858 Registered: January 2001
Illuminati (33rd Degree)
I think so, yes. With the back so close to the woofer, you'll have no choice, really, because you don't want damping material sucked into the cooling vents. That would make them turn into one-way valves, which would not only affect cooling but would change tuning and even introduce a slight amount of asymmetry in cone motion. So keep the damping material away from the woofer's cooling vents.