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Posted by jlhommedieu (A) on November 21, 2020 at 18:50:04

In Reply to: RE: What are the best subwoofer makes for music, not boomy HT. (nt) posted by jlhommedieu on November 21, 2020 at 18:41:59

Someone asked about which type is better for music and why? The answer is "Sealed", not ported.

The reason is because a ported sub is basically wrong.

1. That port can only drone at one frequency, like when you blow across the open neck of a pop bottle. One note.

2. An electric bass can produce different notes. So can an upright acoustic bass. When playing a bass, one hand plucks while the fingers of the other hand choose a note. With a *sealed* subwoofer, you hear those *different* notes.

But with a ported subwoofer, you'd only hear that one drone. It's fine for the footsteps of a T-Rex but not for Jaco Pastorius, or Stanley Clarke, or Roger Waters, or Sting, or Primus.