A little treat of info. Here we have the red curve representing 16hz SS with no ports plugged. The magenta curve represents 12hz SS with 1 port plugged. The yellow curve represents the THD testing in my setup using a tone at 12hz. The higher order harmonics registered 2.3% THD at...
I've done the no port plugged, 12hz SS. Didn't like that since it bottomed out my PC+ easily. On SW2:AOTC Cavalcade THX trailer, I could easily bottom out the SVS with 12hz ss none plugged. 16hz SS unplugged made my sub rather resistant against bottoming out. Its the sub unloading itself...
Hey, an April thread is ressurrected! Yep, did that many moons ago, but will be willing to revisit that if any issues arise. Thats measured in my room and listening spot. Again your mileage my vary. Incidentally, I'm running my 16-46 PC+ port unplugged at 16hz SS filter. I feel its fine...
Just to see what happens, I decided to chart my FR of my port-plugged 16-46PC+ against the various settings of the SS filter. YMMV, but might be useful info for some. As expected, a plugged 16-46 did give extension down to 12hz. At other SS settings, the response expectedly flattened...