Quote Originally Posted by RonSSS View Post
I was going to mention that about the stuffing. One can change the amount to change the finger rap on the cone from a thump to more of a whack....you have to try it.

A port firing down into the floor, especially hardwod makes no sense to me.. In a box that large, firing forward makes more sense.
Right, one way to ~critically damp the cab by ear.

Why? Acoustically there's no difference until the down firing port is close enough to the floor or other boundary to mass load it to a lower Fb except when there's padded carpet underneath, then it absorbs any out of BW noise that it may be pumping out.

GM