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Flared vs. Non-flared ports - An experiment


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i don't have any insightful suggestions on what to try next. but i had fun reading it! and i think people should do more experiments (including me lol) and post up results here. it's fun seeing simple things actually proven in real life

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Do since the flared port moves sir with a higher velocity does that add to the sound pressure level or does the split stay the same. I am also interested in dimpled vs non dimpled

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Interesting.

Another question is how much of a flare do you need to stop port noise. I know you did a 3/4 round over but would a bigger flare improve it more?

Also this testing can help determine if a flared square port will or will not be as effective a flared round port.
I've seen a lot of people saying round Ports.with flares are more efficient then square Ports so they need less port area.

I chose the 3/4" round over because I heard for round ports and round over one quarter the diameter of your port was the way to so. So 3" port, 3/4" round over. To get the same amount of increase in area with a slot port the outside radius of the flare should be 5/8ths the width of the port. Unfortunetly I couldn't do that because I don't have a 15/16" round over, 3/4" was as good as I could do.

I'm sure a larger flare would be more effective, at least to a point. I'd be curious to know what that point is.

I've heard that round ports are a more efficient use of port space as well, and I can see why, obviously the inside corners of a slot port are going to have more resistance than the nice smooth circumference of a round port. Not much you can really do about it though, and I think it would only take a slightly larger slot port to make up for the difference.

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Do since the flared port moves sir with a higher velocity does that add to the sound pressure level or does the split stay the same. I am also interested in dimpled vs non dimpled

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure higher sound pressure is going to come from a higher volume of moving air, not higher air velocity. I think using a smaller port to get higher air velocities is going to hurt your output, not help it.

As far as the dimpled thing goes, I understand the reasoning behind it, but I think its a really complicated solution to a fairly simple problem.

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Do since the flared port moves sir with a higher velocity does that add to the sound pressure level or does the split stay the same. I am also interested in dimpled vs non dimpled

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure higher sound pressure is going to come from a higher volume of moving air, not higher air velocity. I think using a smaller port to get higher air velocities is going to hurt your output, not help it. As far as the dimpled thing goes, I understand the reasoning behind it, but I think its a really complicated solution to a fairly simple problem.

Thanks for cleaning that up for me

Chick took 3 shots of Jager, and then, pissed in my mouth.. oh.. wait.. naw.. that wasnt weird..

He probably tearin dat ass up every night. Reason for "insomnia" Ain't sleeping cause he's like a horny hamster on coke.

2000 grand prix gtp: SOLD My Home Theater Build (working progress) 2002 accord coupe

subs: 2 soundqubed hds300 12s 4'1" towers tuned to 29hz sub: AQ hdc3 12

Amp: pioneer gm9061 amp: poineer gm9601

headunit: kenwood kdc 255u mids: SQ pro mids

midbass: polk db 8s highs: stock

mids/highs: shitty off brand

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Yeah a smaller port would "choke" the volume of air coming out of the port.

As far as Port velocity. I figured a rough estimate of sub velocity by using Y=A*sin(wt)where Y is the position of the cone as function of time and if you take the derivative you end up with the velocity which v=A*w* cos(wt) where A is the amplitude or one way xmax and w=frequency*2pi. The equation for velocity can reduce to v= A*w = A*2pi*(freq) since the highest velocity will be at the 0 point. I'm sure this is definitely a ball park estimate, but may be useful for something.

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Very cool write up!

The spot with least resistance LOL.

I would ground to a rubber dildo if it had less resistance than a run of 4/0 wiring.

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A hot wire anemometer has been used to measure airspeed in ports, however I believe most of the research on this topic has already been done before.

Much of this research have been presented and maybe available from aes.org.

I think we all know how lazy people are so this helps keep people updated (i know im lazy) ahha

The spot with least resistance LOL.

I would ground to a rubber dildo if it had less resistance than a run of 4/0 wiring.

how many poeple work there 3 or 4 lol

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It would be great to see a test doing core limits of the vent and compression and different flare radii.

Would also love to see testing at 30hz and 25hz, possibly 20hz but that would be very rare in a real world situation to be played.

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I would have replied earlier, but I was measuring the output of my amp with a yardstick . . .

What you hear is not the air pressure variation in itself

but what has drawn your attention

in the two streams of superimposed air pressure variations at your eardrums

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Everyone learns to render the 3-dimensional localization of sound based on the individual shape of their ears,

thus no formula can achieve a definite effect for every listener.

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