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"Passive Radiators"???

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thebigo
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"Passive Radiators"???

Post by thebigo »

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kdXdKsIjGA0/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?g=520&I=065GTR10&search=Boston+Acoustics+VENDORID065&SearchDisplay=Boston+Acoustics This is a Boston Acoustics GTR10 TunableRadiator. I read the description, but I jsut don't get it... What exactly is it and how does it work?
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Post by solacedagony »

Basically a ported box. You use the passive radiator to tune it by using weights.
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Post by cargodz »

A passive radiator is used instead of a port for the same reason... it's to tune smaller space and driver for better lows.
Hope that explains it a lil better.
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