It should not really matter as long as you have plenty of open space in front of the port. In other words you do not want to place a rear ported sub or speaker right up against a wall.Sep 24, 2009
How big should a port be in a sub box?
In order to keep a 3-1 ratio of cone area to port area, use the following formula: 16 square inches of port area per cubic foot of box volume, make the port 18-20 inches deep. The port is tuned to the box volume, not the subs.
Can you drill a hole in a sealed sub box to make it ported?
Do NOT drill holes in your box or attempt to add ports. The port size has to be carefully balanced with the driver parameters, cabinet volume, amplifier settings, port width, and port length.Apr 26, 2015
Does porting a sub box make it louder?
A ported subwoofer contains the woofer and one or more ports, which allows the air to escape out of the box (vented). This is what gives you the bigger and louder sound out of one box because there are two different mechanisms that are moving the air -- the port and the woofer.Mar 12, 2020
Should I stuff my ported sub box?
Stuffing a ported box upsets the box tuning, and if sufficiently stuffed it even alters the transfer function, effectively turning it into a sealed cab. Not recommended. Ignore group delay. A speaker with audible group delay would be so poorly engineered that the group delay would be the least of its problems.Apr 29, 2017
Is it better to port a sub box?
You get more output than you would from a sealed box at any given amplifier wattage. Some people prefer the sound of ported boxes for rock, heavy metal, or any hard-driving music. Ported boxes can deliver deeper bass than sealed boxes, though they need to be much larger than sealed enclosures to accomplish that.