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<blockquote data-quote="Kyle_Keating" data-source="post: 4100121" data-attributes="member: 582385"><p>No, making the port larger does not change the sound of the system if its not in a compressed state. Making the port smaller can affect the sound if the port becomes undersized for the amount of energy/force the active driver can create. The active driver is going to resonate the air-mass in side the port and box at frequencies in and around the system tuning frequency. Because the air has friction with the walls of the port, this can create a problem if the velocity of the air is large enough. Complex differential equations can model this relationship, but the bottom line is, when the friction is high enough, turbulence starts to increase and cause harmonic distortions that can be audiable. On top of that, the friction losses in the port counter the resonance system and restrict the air mass from moving, thus reducing the SPL created by the port system and dynamically changing the resonance point of the system, typically pushing it up slightly. In other words at high voltage levels at frequencies around Fc (resonance / tuning), losses in SPL relative to a larger port can occur. More so you can measure an amount of distortion as a result of the loss of SPL. Quite literally, the added distortion is created from energy that went into frictional losses from the undersized port - bad design.</p><p></p><p>The port size and length simply determine the resonance of the ported system and can affect the "sound" because that will dramatically change the frequecny response. When you make a port larger, you have to also make the box larger or the port longer to maintain the same tuning. Two ported boxes with the same driver and the same volume and the same tuning, but with different port diameters and lengths should sound nearly identical at low volumes, the larger port will in theory sound better at higher volumes if in fact it does not compress and the smaller one does.</p><p></p><p>Be careful not to mix up system alignment and Q differences with port differences, the port can be modeled discretely form the active drivers behavior with a high degree of accuracy.</p><p></p><p>Good trivia: The tuning frequency depends on the box volume, port dimensions and active driver too!</p><p></p><p>Most people omit the third variable because its not nearly as dominate as the first two.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyle_Keating, post: 4100121, member: 582385"] No, making the port larger does not change the sound of the system if its not in a compressed state. Making the port smaller can affect the sound if the port becomes undersized for the amount of energy/force the active driver can create. The active driver is going to resonate the air-mass in side the port and box at frequencies in and around the system tuning frequency. Because the air has friction with the walls of the port, this can create a problem if the velocity of the air is large enough. Complex differential equations can model this relationship, but the bottom line is, when the friction is high enough, turbulence starts to increase and cause harmonic distortions that can be audiable. On top of that, the friction losses in the port counter the resonance system and restrict the air mass from moving, thus reducing the SPL created by the port system and dynamically changing the resonance point of the system, typically pushing it up slightly. In other words at high voltage levels at frequencies around Fc (resonance / tuning), losses in SPL relative to a larger port can occur. More so you can measure an amount of distortion as a result of the loss of SPL. Quite literally, the added distortion is created from energy that went into frictional losses from the undersized port - bad design. The port size and length simply determine the resonance of the ported system and can affect the "sound" because that will dramatically change the frequecny response. When you make a port larger, you have to also make the box larger or the port longer to maintain the same tuning. Two ported boxes with the same driver and the same volume and the same tuning, but with different port diameters and lengths should sound nearly identical at low volumes, the larger port will in theory sound better at higher volumes if in fact it does not compress and the smaller one does. Be careful not to mix up system alignment and Q differences with port differences, the port can be modeled discretely form the active drivers behavior with a high degree of accuracy. Good trivia: The tuning frequency depends on the box volume, port dimensions and active driver too! Most people omit the third variable because its not nearly as dominate as the first two. [/QUOTE]
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