Talk:Bass reflex
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Merge with loudspeaker enclosure ?--Light current 09:52, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
Oh I see loudspeaker enclosure is a sort of summary page is it?--Light current 10:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Resonant bass noticeable
"Because of the complex frequency dependent loading, ported enclosures generally result in poorer transient response at low frequencies than in well-designed sealed box systems. Whether or not the effects of this in a properly designed system are audible are debatable."
I was surprised by this, as I've always thought it noticeable. Because bass reflexes produce resonant bass from the port, this has 2 noticeable effects:
- Firstly resonance takes time to build up, thus the low bass is always time lagged
- Resonance also does not die down instantly, so the low bass does not have the tight temporal control that a closed box has, rather it is a wolly vague soft and ill timed thing. Sounds fine for easy listening but performs poorly for 'harder' music.
