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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
For the sake of helpfullness, I think that we may separate the differences of the ported speaker designs of myself and Petar.  What I have described is the standard, pedistrian model of a vented speaker.  Petar's is a hybrid aperiodic-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #16: The ported kitty... by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-16 
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[quote user="Lbjefferies7"] I just have no idea whether or not it will work without making noise. [/quote] That is exactly my point. I am sure that it will make noise anyhow, as any port does, but how masked out and how annoying that noise will be is...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Ported box = no game. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rightsizing from extreme systems.... in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
Hm, it is complicated. In context of ported enclosure (or passive radiator) it is imposable to talk seriously about the box resonance as a speaker/driver has no own sound but rather a summation of zillion resonances, aftersounds and the rest dirt tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-18 
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I do not know what the Fs of the drivers that will be using. I did not measure them yet.  I have one of them in ¼ cub feet box with a port making 65Hz and two of them in 1/2 cub feet box making 38Hz. If I found more of the them then will be unit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: What about ported speakers? by Antonio J. on 2005-07-11 
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For what I can understand, your system works as a treatment on the cones surface. In ported (bass-reflex) speakers some of the bass energy comes from the port. Should it be treated as well? Maybe since the sound coming from the port is not phase cohe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: Ported by kodomo on 2017-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Maybe you remember, even though I liked sealed enclosures I chose the ported bass boxes for my system. The reason was the TAD 1601b's in my situation. They just work and sound better with ported enclosures as they were designed to be used that way.Ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Re: What about ported speakers? by Bud on 2005-07-11 
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Antonio,Works just fine with ported, unported or open baffle. The process works on the boundary layer of the cone. This is the very thin area between cone material and air. The actual mechanism just disallows energy trapped in this zone from reflecti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ported bass is alright, if correct by Scott L on 2015-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monophonic bass: myth and reality. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
[quote user="ArmAlex"]Dear Romy,Most of audiophiles listen to ported bass so there is no info left in LF to worry about.Best regards,Armen[/quote]Once again the misconception that any or all ported bass is evil and must be eliminated. This is simply ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. by Romy the Cat on 2005-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
In reference to: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/TreeItem.aspx?PostID=1414 I had recently a guy in my listening room and he asked me if it would be possible to get the 300Hz range in the way how it sounds in my room but without using those larger uppe...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Ported box = no game. by Romy the Cat on 2006-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Rightsizing from extreme systems.... in Audio Discussions  7 Replies 
Hm, it is complicated. In context of ported enclosure (or passive radiator) it is imposable to talk seriously about the box resonance as a speaker/driver has no own sound but rather a summation of zillion resonances, aftersounds and the rest dirt tha...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Ported bass is alright, if correct by Scott L on 2015-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monophonic bass: myth and reality. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
[quote user="ArmAlex"]Dear Romy,Most of audiophiles listen to ported bass so there is no info left in LF to worry about.Best regards,Armen[/quote]Once again the misconception that any or all ported bass is evil and must be eliminated. This is simply ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Port-O-Guess by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-09-15 
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The least offensive result I have gotten from a ported speaker was closest to the yellow option.  I built a pair of small monitors with ports on the top purely because it was the only way they would fit. I cannot reasonably e...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Which one? by Romy the Cat on 2015-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monophonic bass: myth and reality. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
[quote user="Scott L"]Once again the misconception that any or all ported bass is evil and must be eliminated. This is simply not true. What is true, however, is that many or most all ported (vented) woofer systems have been done incorrectly.[/quote]...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: Midbass reproduction by haralanov on 2008-06-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: NOhorn channel for “the melody range”. in Audio Discussions  10 Replies 
I’m new to this outstanding website and I found it has really educational value and antimoronizating information :) I’m still in the world of direct radiators and I’m looking for the ultimate midbass channel solution. At this time it’s still impossi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #165: Ported by kodomo on 2017-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Maybe you remember, even though I liked sealed enclosures I chose the ported bass boxes for my system. The reason was the TAD 1601b's in my situation. They just work and sound better with ported enclosures as they were designed to be used that way.Ma...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #166: No port for me, if possible... by Romy the Cat on 2017-07-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
Kodomo, I do not like ported sound, it always have a problem with the way how ported enclosures present vowels. You can tune them in this way or in that way but all of the ported systems I heard have the own characteristic coloring vowel at the ve...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #3: Some initial thoughts... by Romy the Cat on 2018-07-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
All thinking about ULF are usually centered on 3 subjects: drivers, topology and amplification. Even though these 3 subsets very much intertwined I still would like to talk about it separately. We do presume that we have the proper drivers for pro...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #18: The shape of room by kodomo on 2015-10-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
thank you for sharing your concerns.The LF module I was building was like yours with drivers from scanspeak. However both the dealer was not professional and the the drivers had a certain sound to them (too much character) so I ditched that solution....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #12: Re: Yoshi needs help by malinowski on 2007-10-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: First Order on Bass channels: Designed for Sound in Audio Discussions  16 Replies 
Is Yoshi's box ported or sealed? If it's ported.. of course he's going to be listening to more.. a lot more.. of the box... everything below.. 60hz? is box music.if it's not ported then this is a more interesting discussion. when I first read romy's ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I do not think so but I am OK with it. by Scott L on 2015-12-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monophonic bass: myth and reality. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
[quote user="Scott L"]I had to take pause before I answered here; realizing in an almost shocking manner [that] I don't listen to many commercial loudspeakers. I am largely involved in the (gasp) DIY community, where it's also very often done inc...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #27: Considering that I am jaded about ported sound generally… by Romy the Cat on 2008-09-18 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
I do not know what the Fs of the drivers that will be using. I did not measure them yet.  I have one of them in ¼ cub feet box with a port making 65Hz and two of them in 1/2 cub feet box making 38Hz. If I found more of the them then will be unit...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #29: Sealed, Ported, and Less-than-Ported Summer Listening by Lbjefferies7 on 2008-09-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
For the sake of helpfullness, I think that we may separate the differences of the ported speaker designs of myself and Petar.  What I have described is the standard, pedistrian model of a vented speaker.  Petar's is a hybrid aperiodic-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Does the Shindo have a ported enclosure? And is that a lens in front o... by I.M.Distortion on 2008-03-29 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Shindo Latour in Horn-Loaded Speakers  8 Replies 
[quote user="Judas"]Sorry right size =[/quote]...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: How to build Audio Amati. by Romy the Cat on 2007-02-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
[quote user="Michaelz"]I know that piano sound board is very expensive.  How ever, one can get brken old upright pianos for free, or for very little (except you need to have a truck to move them.  No clue for lack of time though:^...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: Latour by Judas on 2008-03-29 
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It is not ported... Is this thread THAT boring ?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #144: Perception vs reality by floobydust on 2009-02-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s MiniMe or about Pilot Acoustic Systems in Audio Discussions  213 Replies 
 Robert, Agreed... many people rave about the FE126E in just about anything... yet, I find them irritating (upper midrange shout) before 1-watt sets in. The F120A (in a simple ported enclosure) is a completely different sounding driver. Sti...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #2: Bass info by ArmAlex on 2011-04-19 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Monophonic bass: myth and reality. in Audio For Dummies ™  5 Replies 
Dear Romy,Most of audiophiles listen to ported bass so there is no info left in LF to worry about.Best regards,Armen...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #72: Differences by kodomo on 2019-06-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Designing and building a 5 channel horn loaded (looking for ... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  73 Replies 
I have 2nd order crossover both on the upper knee of the ob bass section and on the lower knee of the midbass section. My measurements show phase response and the summed spl is as good as it can get. Have you tried the direct servo technology or do y...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #159: Injection channel and Romy's rules by morespeakers2 on 2013-02-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: How to USE “Resonating Oops” in loudspeakers in Horn-Loaded Speakers  184 Replies 
The injection channel is the only thing about the Macondo that raises my eyebrow as a kind of "out there" concept and I have been meaning to ask about it for quite some time. I tried to brush up and read as much as I could just now on your experience...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #9: What would be possible advantage by Wojtek on 2008-01-04 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
of MTM arrangement of two TAD 1201 in <100 Hz Horn ? I assume they would both work in the same frequency range . Also JBL LE8 is only 89 db driver and it doesn't look like it can take any power . Difference in efficiency within the channels would ...
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