A speaker physics question.

[cradeldorf]

How about half of an oak wine barrel (used for planters) with the open end facing the wall and the closed end facing forward with the speaker mounted in that?

I took the backs off the heathkit cabs last night and pointed them at the wall, It truly sounded horrible. I moved them close to the wall, far away from the wall...they were just horrible. : / What I'm trying to accomplish is to hook the back wave to the front wave in as short of distance as I can hopefully to reduce the out of phase problem.