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Port - front or back [message #18570] Wed, 22 February 2006 17:43 Go to next message
jshoc is currently offline  jshoc
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What are the tradeoffs between locating the port on the front or back of a bass reflex cabinet.

The project continues - picked up a pair of JBL 2446J compression drivers with 2385A flare. The flares are significantly bigger than the ones being replaced so that I have to do some significant rework of the front baffle to accomodate them.

The speaker cabinets are 4 Pi Towers with two four inch diameter (length 3.5 in) rear ports. Since I am redoing the baffles, I could easily locate the ports to the front.

My woofers are Eminence Delta Pro 15in in a 6.5 in cubic enclosure. In the corner behind the speakers are bass traps. Would relocating the ports to the front improve the bass?


Thanks
Hakn

Re: Port - front or back [message #18571 is a reply to message #18570] Thu, 23 February 2006 07:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
akhilesh is currently offline  akhilesh
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No one can answer that. It depends on room placement, what the opther drivers are doing in terms of phase, etc.
The best way is trial & error.
Get a port plug, and make two ports, and then seal one.
-akhilesh

Re: Port - front or back [message #18572 is a reply to message #18570] Thu, 23 February 2006 08:36 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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As long as a port isn't blocked, it makes no difference, front or rear. It forms a Helmholtz resonator and the frequencies of interest have very long wavelengths, completely omnidirectional.


Re: Port - front or back [message #18575 is a reply to message #18570] Thu, 23 February 2006 08:36 Go to previous message
Wayne Parham is currently offline  Wayne Parham
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As long as a port isn't blocked, it makes no difference, front or rear. It forms a Helmholtz resonator and the frequencies of interest have very long wavelengths, completely omnidirectional.


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