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Post Subject: PortedPosted by kodomo on: 7/11/2017
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.
Maybe sealed is better, maybe ported that is not the subject here. The thing is to make the correct implementation for the correct components for the chosen compromises. I was always weary of the port noise. I had so many studio monitors pass before my ears 
in the recording studio and I can always hear the ports! So it was a big problem for me to choose this way. Then I found out, with correct way to do it and over-engineering you can overcome the port noise. So, simulate before building, check the port air speed in the simulation. I have dual Tad 1601b's in 298lt boxes with dual flared ports. You can even be a few cm's in front of it, still you would not hear anything and I sit 5 meters away...
So for the time being, I think you can use ported enclosures, just build the correct box and build it good!
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