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Sealing ported enclosure to reduce boom
I stuffed the port with polyfill. I guess if you completely cut off the airflow in the port the movement of the drivers will be compromised.The ports are shaped like an "L" I think and are big (I can fit my hand inside). I don't know how I would b... 
Sealing ported enclosure to reduce boom
There aren't many placement choices when I room is 13x15. Speakers can only be so close to you. The Cardas site recommends (width of room)x(.447)=distance of speaker front to rear wall. That would be 5.5' for me almost putting them in the middle o... 
Sealing ported enclosure to reduce boom
Great responses. Actually I stuffed the ports then I took out the woofer to see what was in the cabinet and the woofer is completely sectioned-off with pieces of foam! So I have to find out where the port is getting its bass from: I have to remove... 
Audiophile speakers that rock well
Avoid JBL L100. I'm searching for the same thing in a speaker. I've gone thru Polk Monitor 10 and L100 and now have B&W P4 (colored mids/highs at low volume and hard to power). Looking at PSB, Focal or B&W after reading reviews.The L100 wa... 
Greatest Rock Guitar Riffs
"Voodoo Child" - Hendrix"Stone Free" - Hendrix"Little Wing" - Hendrix"Too Rolling Stoned" - Robin Trower"Little bit of Sympathy" - Robin Trower"Day of the Eagle" - Robin Trower"Free Will" (solo) - Rush/Lifeson"Circumstances" - Rush/Lifeson"La Vill... 
What's your favorite lyric from a song?
Why do birds suddenly appearEvery time you are near?Just like me, they long to beClose to you. 
Jimi Hendrix- Valley's of Neptune
The question is: What is Janie Hendrix going to do next? She re-released Woodstock now this recording and I think a short, cheesy interactive book with inserts of Hendrix handwritten lyrics, etc. She's trying to milk everything she can from Jimi.I... 
Audiogon "RECORDINGS TO DIE FOR" list
"Bridge of Sighs" - Robin Trower"Machine Head" - Deep Purple"Surfing with the Alien" - Joe Satriani"Crystal Planet" - Joe Satriani"Paranoid" - Black Sabbath"Heaven and Hell" - Black Sabbath"Hell Bent for Leather" - Judas Priest"Van Halen" - Van Ha... 
The most haunting music you ever heard?
"Hellraiser" soundtrack. 
Your ONE all time favorite love song?
"Close to You" - The Carpenters 
Testing speaker capacitors
I want to switch L/R tweeters so I have to disconnect the bad one and connection is covered in hardened plastic. 
Testing speaker capacitors
The tweeter connection is covered with hard wax or plastic at the terminal box. How do I remove the hard stuff to disconnect the tweeter?