Title says it all. So a little background I’m currently working on getting my setup complete last year I upgraded from bookshelf to floor standing speakers however since then I have built my own subwoofers using a um18-22 however these are sealed and the accuracy of them is phenomenal especially when compared to ported subs like the two monolith plus I had before, now I need some speakers to match in with them I’m currently using monitor audio silver 500 7g they are great speakers they just don’t sound right when I get down near the ports tune it goes all muddy and I am yet to hear a pair of ported speakers that don’t cuff when down near there tune, so I want to move over to sealed as they seem to be better for accurate reproduction of the sound being received. I’ve been hunting for months but yet all floor standing speakers seemed to be ported am I going to have to DIY it and make my own or does someone on here happen to know of where I can purchase some sealed floor standing or old school design(like lintons) that can be purchased in the UK?

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    10 months ago

    Ow they are integrated properly you under estimate how long I been working on this. This ie over a decade in the making gone from yamaha to denon and back yo yamaha, I’ve purchased countless speakers and subs but never had want I am looking for. Until you have heard an all sealed system it is impossible to know the benefits they hold over ported. Ported, transmission line and passive radiators are all dirty due to group delay transmission has the lowest of three and passive radiators are the worst. I also have never heard a pair of ported speakers that a manufacturer makes that doesn’t cuff when you turn it up so unless I want to listen quite ports are not the answer they are a curse of the speaker industry.

    The minidsp and avr both have the necessary high/low pass filters on the issue is they are still audible at the port even though they shouldn’t be. If I move the crossover higher, the subs are then playing too high in the bass so it shouts even with room correction and additional dsp which is not ideal as the bass will come out too loud. I have them eq’d and am looking at moving over to fir soon as learning eqing is not ideal so for phase alignment.

    From my understanding it is possible to align them but it is very challenging as not only is the group delay for ports through the roof, it is the measurement mic cant tell what is the port and what is the speaker so you can’t accurately align the phase.

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      10 months ago

      Its why im thinking of switching to a full seperates systems usb interface/dac out via xlr to each speaker and subs power amp then on the pc I will have professional mixing software so I can set the db/octave myself as I don’t think any avr/amp company is using anywhere near enough aggression on the slopes it needs be like a 36db octave and they using an 8 or 12 so it isn’t low enough by the time it reaches the lower hz thus causing it to produce the noise all be quieter but it still there and it doesn’t sound nice thus sealed seems like the only logical choice now