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December 25, 2011 - 10:19am
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which is better... front ported or rear ported bookshelf speakers?
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the design of the loudspeaker.
Jackfish is essentially right.
I personally would consider the sealed system, because it has a gentler low frequency roll-off, all else being equal.
On the other hand, a port can reduce the woofer excursion and hence lower distortion, with potential port noises (depends on design). Ported designs need a high-pass filter to roll-off the extreme lows so the driver is not totally unloaded at the lowest frequencies.