bass port on monitors

djfm · Post by **djfm** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:05 pm

has anybody heard of blocking the bass port on a set of monitors to reduce the bass/
im wanting to do this but am unsure of what to use
any asvice would be great
thanks
fred

Tarekith · Post by **Tarekith** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:14 pm

Yes, when i play late at night I do this. I have left over pieces of auralex foam here, but anything will work. Use a sock.

leisuremuffin · Post by **leisuremuffin** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:57 pm

i have an idea or two....

.lm.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:01 pm

leisuremuffin wrote:i have an idea or two....

.lm.

two?

oh, teabags

spookydirt · Post by **spookydirt** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:03 pm

wouldn't it just be easier to put an EQ on the master and roll a little bass off?

if you block the holes you change the way the cabinet works - it will then be 'infinite baffle' or something, and the whole physics of the thing is changed.

--andy

DGA · Post by **DGA** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:52 am

have you experimented with moving the speakers further away from any nearby walls?

abletonian · Post by **abletonian** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 3:45 am

eq or filter.
why fuck around with hardware when you can fix it easyly with some klicks?

MrYellow · Post by **MrYellow** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:01 am

What you should do...... Is buy the most expensive set of powered
monitors u can, with the most balanced frequency response....

Then u can plug em up and tape shit to em so as to ruin the sound.

Save the money and buy cheap unpowered monitors.

Aaron speakers kick most powered monitors asses and cost about $500
less...... Then when you ruin their sound you wont be wasting so much
money.

-Ben

spookydirt · Post by **spookydirt** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:18 pm

DGA wrote:have you experimented with moving the speakers further away from any nearby walls?

if they're rear-ported that increases the bass response - it did with my ESI nEar05s

--andy

djfm · Post by **djfm** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:39 pm

i have moved them away from the wall a put socks in the port hole. This seems to have dampend the bass so i will leave them for the time being
thanks all the advice guys

polemans · Post by **polemans** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:20 pm

i use black montain socks as they have a unique 'Phase Change Technology' inbuilt. need i say more.

http://gean-edwards.com/socks/black_mountain.html

MacBookDJ · Post by **MacBookDJ** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:50 pm

Another vote for EQ or filter.