Passive radiators?

keith allen
keith allen Posts: 734
edited August 2005 in Speakers
How do they work,do they produce any base at all?Never had speakers that had them,until now...sda2's.Just wondering what they're all about?
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited August 2005
    They work like a port. That's all I know :)
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited August 2005
    an expensive port that you can tune, to a degree, by adding weight... i prefer ports...
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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited August 2005
    Passive radiators do help to fill out bass. They basically work out of phase with the active drivers, driven off of the backward bass waves of the active drivers. As was said, similar to a port. Supposedly eliminates the problem of "port noise" but a well-built speaker with ports does not have this issue either. It's simply a designer's preference. One is not necessarily better than the other, but they both have the same purpose.
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