Sealing ported enclosure to reduce boom


Is sealing ports and adding fill an option if you have ported cabinets that are boomy? Just got some Kappa 8.1 and bass is boomy and unrealistic. I like my Kappa 7 better which is sealed but the 8.1 has some interesting drivers.
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I had a serious boom problem that was practically eliminated by repositioning the speakers. Sometimes, the problem is the room.
Try the following experiment: if your room dimensions are x by y, put the speakers at 1/4 x and 1/4 y from the respective walls. You might not like what they sound like there--they may sound a bit thinner than what you are used to--but what you are after here is to see if the boom goes away.
If it does, then your primary source of boom is probably room-related. It's a pain in the posterior to deal with, but the laws of physics are not mere suggestions...