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Unsound

Thank you for the clarification on the subwoofer interaction.

So just to satisfy my curiosity, will twin subwoofers perform as well or better than say ported base drivers in a pair of speakers. My apologies for all the questions I haven't experimented with that many speakers and come to think of it, the ones I do have or tried are all ported or passive radiated. 

Tomthiel

Thank you so much for the additional information, its exactly what Duramax was eluding too. 

Duramax747

I had no reason to doubt what you were say as a matter of fact after you mentioned about going the route of the 2.4's, I got even more excited about the looking into the them and thinking about the possibilities. While I was walking along the beach it dawned on me about using the pair of subs either the SS-2' or 2Wq's of which I have both.

I have time, the upstairs renovation won't start till after is cools down a little and I can start work in the attic, pretty sure that will be hotter than your room with no A/C lol, but oh cool it was in that hot room.

Seems the more I look into the 2.4 the information keeps pushing me in that

direction. 

Take care and Happy listening.

@ig316b , That’s a bit of an open ended question?

Not all subwoofers are the same. Amongst other things, many subwoofers are ported as well.

Ported speakers have the advantage of providing more bass in a smaller box and/or more efficiently. However if one is pursuing more accurate bass, especially if time coherence is an objective ports, slots, passive radiators, etc., are a compromise. With the first order 6 dB slope used in most time coherent designs exacerbates this. With that said it’s quite remarkable that Jim was able to make ported bass speakers as well as most anyone at their price points and above, even compared to designs without time coherence objectives using more forgiving cross overs.

Still my preference is, for amongst other things: sealed boxes.  In the past blending subs with main monitors was problematic.Things have advanced, and it’s much more likely to succeed in satisfactory blending today. IMHO, ports and their ilk as a design principle, should only be considered when space and/or finances are more limited.

IMHO, ports and their ilk as a design principle, should only be considered when space and/or finances are more limited.

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While we're on that subject, I've waited for years for an appropriate SmartSub pair to come on the market to use with my 3.7s. I even have the PXO5 Passive Crossovers for the 3.7.  Since this now seems a lost cause, can anyone recommend nice (SOTA) subs that are out there? Thanks in advance.