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<blockquote data-quote="Immacomputer" data-source="post: 3951680" data-attributes="member: 570419">It depends on the enclosure volume, sub used, and tuning frequency. I listen to a lot of break beat and a lot of metal with crazy kick drums and my sub&#039;s transient response is just as nice as it was sealed. Something you probably don&#039;t realize is that above tuning, a ported enclosure acts like a sealed enclosure of the same volume. If you tune low enough, your transient response will be similar or identical to the sealed enclosure. What you&#039;re describing is group delay caused by the port in the port&#039;s bandwidth. By tuning low, you decrease the port&#039;s bandwidth and lower the group delay in the frequency range where music is mostly present and then you will get better transient response with additional output down low.I have a friend that made all sorts of complaints about ported enclosures being sloppy and horrible with transient response. I let him listen to my setup and he asked me right away to build him a proper ported enclosure for his subs since he was having issues below 40hz.It&#039;s not the enclosure type that dictates how a system will perform but the alignment of the sub and enclosure system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immacomputer, post: 3951680, member: 570419"] It depends on the enclosure volume, sub used, and tuning frequency. I listen to a lot of break beat and a lot of metal with crazy kick drums and my sub's transient response is just as nice as it was sealed. Something you probably don't realize is that above tuning, a ported enclosure acts like a sealed enclosure of the same volume. If you tune low enough, your transient response will be similar or identical to the sealed enclosure. What you're describing is group delay caused by the port in the port's bandwidth. By tuning low, you decrease the port's bandwidth and lower the group delay in the frequency range where music is mostly present and then you will get better transient response with additional output down low. I have a friend that made all sorts of complaints about ported enclosures being sloppy and horrible with transient response. I let him listen to my setup and he asked me right away to build him a proper ported enclosure for his subs since he was having issues below 40hz. [B]It's not the enclosure type that dictates how a system will perform but the alignment of the sub and enclosure system.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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