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Thread: Fron vs rear port |
    
Bronze Member Username: Eieiei0101x
Post Number: 42
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 10:42 pm: |
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In bookhelf speakers, wjhats the difference in sound between front vs rear port??
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| Posted on Saturday, July 23, 2005 - 10:47 pm: |
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The front-ported speakers will allow you to place them closer to the back wall. If you have rear-ported speakers, you have to be careful when you install them and ensure there is enough distance beween the wall and the back of the speaker. |
Bronze Member Username: Eieiei0101x
Post Number: 43
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 07:18 pm: |
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What is the minimum recomended distranmce for small speakers like Totem dreamcatcher??? |
Gold Member Username: Paul_ohstbucks
Post Number: 1650
Registered: Jan-05
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| Posted on Sunday, July 24, 2005 - 09:27 pm: |
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There is no hard and fast rule. Experiment and position the speaker where 'YOU' think it sounds the best. It's more about personal preference than it is anything else. 6" give or take depending on which you like best. Some will position them closer, and others further..........neither is right or wrong. |
Silver Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 676
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Monday, July 25, 2005 - 11:24 am: |
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Dreamcathers can usually be placed almost directly against the wall. Paul is right however, so if you have a room with a fairly heavy bass respoinse (say a 12ft square room), then you may need to pull them out from the wall. Totems are designed to be as room friendly as possible, much more so than most speakers.
Rear ports have become much more prevalent in the last 5 - 10 years. I think this is partly because port noise was a frequent problem with front mounted ports. You could hear many of them 'chuffing'. Placing them at the rear means that their sound is far more dissipated by the time the noise has worked its way around to you.
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Frank. |
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