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Sound Quality: The Sealed/Ported misconception
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<blockquote data-quote="Below 30" data-source="post: 361026" data-attributes="member: 551745"><p><span style="color: blue">You quoted my example about warren g's track and didn't back up any point to counter mine. Why do you think sealed boxes have this so called tight bass. It's because the cone stops vibrating before it should.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: blue">I like your post, alot of thought went into it. Sad thing is, sealed is just a -super- spring against any woofer. I proved in my first post that sealed boxes never deserved the claim of SQ enlosures. I don't like -ported- boxes, I like -vented- (rear vented specificallly) boxes. Holes or vents that do not extend into the box itself (1" max). I could agree about forces and phase shifts with -ported- to an extent.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: blue">No box on this earth ever deserves to be called SQ, because no box type is perfect. I have tumults which should excel in a sealed box, that get much higher output in vented, as I sealed the box to compare. I played boom tracks with it sealed and naturally couldn't hear the wave until the box was unsealed. Use any spectrum anaylizer and play a boom track and watch the 30Hz and 60Hz and listen to the boom in a sealed and ported and you will see what I mean.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: blue">I saw it mentioned before, many people aren't use to true full 20Hz 20Khz sound. So when they hear Hip-Hop e.g. in a vented, they think the boom is some mistake. Its just the woofer vibrating the signal more fully than if it was sealed. Thats why I say I don't knock sealed, cause people may never get use to the true sound, which includes the boom. Therefore not making vented a perfect choice for all. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: blue">Home audio, Public Adress, and just about every other sector knows that vented is where its at though. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Below 30, post: 361026, member: 551745"] [COLOR=blue]You quoted my example about warren g's track and didn't back up any point to counter mine. Why do you think sealed boxes have this so called tight bass. It's because the cone stops vibrating before it should.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]I like your post, alot of thought went into it. Sad thing is, sealed is just a -super- spring against any woofer. I proved in my first post that sealed boxes never deserved the claim of SQ enlosures. I don't like -ported- boxes, I like -vented- (rear vented specificallly) boxes. Holes or vents that do not extend into the box itself (1" max). I could agree about forces and phase shifts with -ported- to an extent.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]No box on this earth ever deserves to be called SQ, because no box type is perfect. I have tumults which should excel in a sealed box, that get much higher output in vented, as I sealed the box to compare. I played boom tracks with it sealed and naturally couldn't hear the wave until the box was unsealed. Use any spectrum anaylizer and play a boom track and watch the 30Hz and 60Hz and listen to the boom in a sealed and ported and you will see what I mean.[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]I saw it mentioned before, many people aren't use to true full 20Hz 20Khz sound. So when they hear Hip-Hop e.g. in a vented, they think the boom is some mistake. Its just the woofer vibrating the signal more fully than if it was sealed. Thats why I say I don't knock sealed, cause people may never get use to the true sound, which includes the boom. Therefore not making vented a perfect choice for all. [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Home audio, Public Adress, and just about every other sector knows that vented is where its at though. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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