I have a set of rear firing Warfendale Heritage Lintons that are in the corner of my listening room with limited space behind them. They’re right up against a wall on one side and then about 18” away from the wall in the back. That’s about the best that I can do in my room. In order to control some of the midrange, I came across the idea of closing off some / most / all of the venting ports. Using plain old white (ish) gym socks does seem to help with boominess (WiiM’s RC showed some minor quantitative improvement in midrange).
As the title asks, is there an alternative to gym socks? From my reading, the speakers themselves should be safe / stuffing a sock down the ‘ole port isn’t going to hurt them (as long as you don't loose one down the port(!)). As the speakers are pushed back from general view, the socks aren’t immediately visible to guests, but are there better alternatives? I understand that the density of the material will affect the effect as well. I’ve even seen YouTube videos where the host / hostess will fill the entire cabinet with dampening material to reduce in cabinet resonances. Is that really advisable? My first blush response is that opening up the speaker cabinet would be a no-no, but then I leave the labels attached to pillows and blankets too…
Thanks much… Really appreciate your comments…
As the title asks, is there an alternative to gym socks? From my reading, the speakers themselves should be safe / stuffing a sock down the ‘ole port isn’t going to hurt them (as long as you don't loose one down the port(!)). As the speakers are pushed back from general view, the socks aren’t immediately visible to guests, but are there better alternatives? I understand that the density of the material will affect the effect as well. I’ve even seen YouTube videos where the host / hostess will fill the entire cabinet with dampening material to reduce in cabinet resonances. Is that really advisable? My first blush response is that opening up the speaker cabinet would be a no-no, but then I leave the labels attached to pillows and blankets too…
Thanks much… Really appreciate your comments…