To port or not to port speakers


Hi Gentlemen,

i have some Boston 120 micro speakers sitting around  They are small but heavy and sound nice  I have some ceiling RBH 6 inch rear effects installed that are not enclosed  I’m going to take the 6 inch speakers out of the ceiling mounting plates and put the Boston’s in.  The small problem is that they have rear ports  Should I plug the ports?

 

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Thank you and good questions. 
Yes and they sound really nice for mini speakers. They are quite heavy actually. I wish 2 of them were the B&W though. I found my listening home with my B&W’s. 
The port is out the rear

You know, I did not know that there was such a setting. I have Denon AVR 1913

For a  Surround channel / limited signal - the impact of sealing the port is minimal.

Plugged Port results in a higher bass extension ... finding a good material for the plug is of some import ... ' rigid foam ' ... for example.