mbrooky
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sometimes you have to "L" the port to lower the frequency...for some basics check out re calculator (http://www.reaudio.com/speaker_box/LPort_Box_Calc.html) and mess around with the dimensions to get a feel of what you are looking for and maybe better understand how it works. for example the default design on the re site has a 1.7 cuft box tuned to 32.5hz...that's with a 1.5" port and and 8" "L"...take that "L" off and put the value to zero and the tuning goes up to roughly 40 hz and 1.8cuft. Port area stays the same at 18sqinches of port....now if you widen the port to say 2.5" that will give you more port area...roughly 30sqinches...give it a 14" "L" and you'll be roughly 40hz at 1.4cuft. Take off the L and tuning goes up to 48hz.
i guess what i'm trying to say is if both boxes were the same dimensions the one with the L port will be tuned lower...without the L it will be tuned higher. In order to reach a lower tune on the box without the L you either have to make the port smaller or make the box bigger...make sense? the L port just allows you to lengthen the port to tune lower without having to make the box bigger or the port smaller....
for daily you want to be in the low to mid 30hz range and for spl 40hz and higher....tho there are a lot of folks that do run high 30hz to at 40hz tune for daily.
Edit: haha, i guess you found the re site as i was typing this up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif
i guess what i'm trying to say is if both boxes were the same dimensions the one with the L port will be tuned lower...without the L it will be tuned higher. In order to reach a lower tune on the box without the L you either have to make the port smaller or make the box bigger...make sense? the L port just allows you to lengthen the port to tune lower without having to make the box bigger or the port smaller....
for daily you want to be in the low to mid 30hz range and for spl 40hz and higher....tho there are a lot of folks that do run high 30hz to at 40hz tune for daily.
Edit: haha, i guess you found the re site as i was typing this up //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

