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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shocker98GT" data-source="post: 174603" data-attributes="member: 9697"><p>Really a well designed ported box has a much wider usable response than a sealed box. Sealed boxes have a higher frequency of system resonance, and rolloff at 12db/oct below that, but since it's a small cabin the gain offsets this and you get a relatively flat response. A ported box, on the other hand, can have flat response down into the 20hz region before it rolls off, but the effects of cabin gain mean that lower frequencies get more and more pronounced, producing higher SPL. All in the design <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Ported boxes get their crappy reputation because they're harder to design and get right, and all that most people hear are poor implementations like some premade wonder you'd get at Best Buy</p></blockquote><p></p>