University, Bozak, Jensen, Electro-Voice and others dotted the scene. Surround and a very stiff, low compliance suspension system. Infinite-baffle design, woofers that had some kind of accordion/pleated Speakers in those days were typically some sort of bass-reflex or Power, if it was specified at all, was usually on the order of 10%, especiallyīut, a low-end limit of 50 or 60 Hz was just fine in 1951īecause the vast majority of home loudspeakers couldn’t reach any lower than Ten or twenty watts maximum was common, with a frequency range of about 50 orĦ0-15,000 “cps” (cycles per second, as it was called then). (single channel), comprised of tube electronics of limited power and bandwidth. Those very early post-war home music systems were not exactlyīarn-burners of wide-range, accurate reproduction. Home music systems took their place alongside television as the staples of home As millions of returning GIs got married, raised their families andīought houses in the newly-burgeoning suburbs that were springing up everywhere, In the late 1940’s/early 1950’s-right after theĮnd of World War II in 1945-‘hi-fi’ audio became a major hobby and pastime inĪmerica. Seem to rally around the thought of, “Bass-The Final Frontier.” The crusade forīetter bass response has been an ongoing quest of audiophiles since the veryĮarliest days of this hobby. With all due apologies to Gene Roddenberry, audio enthusiasts definitely Main, sealing a vented speaker does not create a proper sealed-box system.īut first, some historical context. Under very specialized conditions (which we’ll touch upon later), but in the There may be some understandable reasons you might want to do this Neither fish nor fowl: It no longer performs like the vented speaker it wasĭesigned as, nor is it a properly-executed sealed speaker. A ported speaker with its ports sealed off is a strange mutation that is In fact, nothing could be farther from the Representative and indicative of what sealed loudspeakers are all about. Speakers are now bonafide sealed systems and that their performance is now Today’s audio enthusiasts make the mistake of thinking that these newly-sealed Speakers from many great companies that come with “port plugs” so the user canīlock up the ports and turn these systems into “sealed” systems. There are lots of great ported subwoofers and full-range tower
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