... sound batting and/or weighting speakers ...


Hello to all... 

Need some thoughts and/or suggestions: I am using a pair of KEF Q1s - luv the sound, so much more full than I ever expected - and the driver has such cone extension that the speaker box really vibrates. Now - I am assuming that the vibration really = the possibility of distortion ( or a smearing at higher volumes, tonal deformity, if that is different) and I am wondering if this is more controllable by:
Adding more sound batting into the enclosure (thru the bass port)
Weighting the speakers with a bag of lead shot (?) over the top of the driver/cabinet box ( the cabinet is not flat on top, so I can't use a brick or solid weight; I'm guessing the weight should be something moldable, so the lead shot in a bag is possible if I can figure a way to affix it to the cabinet...)

Thoughts? Suggestions? Alternates?
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Showing 2 responses by tomic601

the reality is the OP can do both.

I think it was 1985 when i built a cabinet within a cabinet and air core crossover for a KEF 104 a/b customer all wired with Fulton....ran rings around the factory 104....... but not the Cantata...

OP have any appetite to do both ????? upgrade and tweak ?
Careful disassembly with Dynamat or similar product applied inside cabinet, overlapping seam on corners may help a bit.