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Aside from the vented/ported space requirements and powerhandling/sensitivity changes of a speaker in a ported enclosure...the group delay idea is fairly new to me.

I'm wondering...in reality...are we going to hear a difference between a two properly constructed enclosures (ported and sealed), everything being equal, in the realm of response time?

If the amplifiers have good control...wouldn't the added "sensetivity" of the ported enclosure make it inherently more loose when dealing with equal sized woofers?

Then again, we have to wonder to what specifications the ported enclosure is built...I know darnwell I've heard some tight ported enclosures. *sigh* And then on the other hand, that "tightness" may have been from the added output amplitude rather than physical control.

The problem is that you MUST give something to get something. For the quick response of the ported enclosure, what do you have to have? A bigger, more elaborate enclosure (which is a given versus a sealed enclosure), or do we loose power handling and/or frequency response? What do we give up here?

That in itself is enough for me to stick with a sealed enclosure's benefits of space savings. Mind you, that's MY preference. A 15" woofer in one cube with plenty of power sounds just sexy to me...

Let us talk more on this specific subject though, its interesting.