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Put (drinking)-straws in the bass reflex port in your speakers
 
Reference # Submitted by Submitter rating Cost
52 Mikkel Hansen Excellent $2.00
 
Source Brand
Any supermarket
 
Construction
Try to buy some drinking straws and cut them in the same length as the bass reflex port in your speakers and put them in the port. Make sure that they are tight (but of course not so tight that they close for the air).
 
Setup
see above
 
Use
see above
 
Performance
The straws eliminate the "organ pipe" resonance of the reflex port. This resonance is usually not good for the sound performance.
 
Other
Try it. It is (almost) free, you don't need to open your speakers, and it is easy to remove if you think the result is bad.
 
 
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Gene Suggest you read the Thiele & Small papers, to understand what the port is and does, before doing this.
 
 
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