General questions on port noise

burdette
burdette Posts: 1,194
edited April 2003 in Subwoofer Hookup & Bass Management
I was sitting here listening to the explosion at the beginning of Star Wars AOTC, and wondered... how does one recognize port noise? I don't hear anything odd at all... I don't believe I've pushed this sub hard enough yet to even know if it could be a problem... just sort of realized I'm not sure I'd know what I was listening to even if I did have it. Is it a whistling? A chug-chug?
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited April 2003
    My best guess would be a woooshing sound but I don't think I have ever directly heard it myself. again just a guess.

    sounds like your haven some fun over there!

    HBomb
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited April 2003
    It sounds like farting, but at 20hz (ouch :eek: ). Sounds like a lot of puffing sounds in rapid succession (from what I've heard, the higher the frequency, the quicker the the puffing noises are)
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  • rs159
    rs159 Posts: 1,027
    edited April 2003
    But then one has to realize that talking about sound is like figure skating about Messopotamian history, so the only way to know for sure is to hear it for yourself. Play some retardedly low test tones and crank it.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited April 2003
    what about if your sub is attached to your mains. ie the rti100s?
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