Hi -
This is my first post to the forum and I appreciate any help you may be able to offer. I am considering building a pair of Jeff Bagby's "Helix Dome MT" speakers but the space in which they would be used requires that they be on a shelf with only 1" to 2" clearance behind them. I'm considering changing the box design so the port is on the front. I've read a number of posts on this forum and others suggesting that as long as the internal volume of a speaker enclosure remains the same, the proportions of the speaker can change with little or not affect on the resulting sound.
First - is this an accurate statement? And second - If so, I'm okay with using the provided cylindrical port on the front of the speaker. Could I simply make the speaker the same width as designed but increase the height and decrease the depth (front to back)? Does the location of the port relative to the woofer and tweeter matter?
See the attached diagrams showing what I'm thinking about doing.. I am a woodworker and am confident in my skills to modify the box design but don't want to do any modification of the crossover design or driver selection. : )
Any advice is welcomed. I searched this forum for similar questions with no luck. If there's a thread that addresses this question, please direct me to it.
THANKS!
Doug
This is my first post to the forum and I appreciate any help you may be able to offer. I am considering building a pair of Jeff Bagby's "Helix Dome MT" speakers but the space in which they would be used requires that they be on a shelf with only 1" to 2" clearance behind them. I'm considering changing the box design so the port is on the front. I've read a number of posts on this forum and others suggesting that as long as the internal volume of a speaker enclosure remains the same, the proportions of the speaker can change with little or not affect on the resulting sound.
First - is this an accurate statement? And second - If so, I'm okay with using the provided cylindrical port on the front of the speaker. Could I simply make the speaker the same width as designed but increase the height and decrease the depth (front to back)? Does the location of the port relative to the woofer and tweeter matter?
See the attached diagrams showing what I'm thinking about doing.. I am a woodworker and am confident in my skills to modify the box design but don't want to do any modification of the crossover design or driver selection. : )
Any advice is welcomed. I searched this forum for similar questions with no luck. If there's a thread that addresses this question, please direct me to it.
THANKS!
Doug
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