silver RX 12Port BungsWARNING: Care must be taken not to insert the port bungs too far into the port as this may result in the foam bung being lost inside the cabinet. If the loudspeaker is to be used in a small room, typically 9 sqM ( 80 sqFT) or a room that is known to reproduce accentuated bass response, it may be desirable to it the port bungs. However, before this is done it is worth experimenting with the positioning of the loudspeaker in the room. To reproduce the optimum performance from the loudspeaker it is important to make sure the loudspeaker is not positioned too close to a wall (typically 150mm / 6” from the back of the cabinet) or near corners of a room (typically 1M / 3FT). If the room is larger than detailed above and no problems are known, please read point 1. If the positioning of the loudspeaker is predetermined by room aesthetics or layout, please move on and read point 2 for the RX1/ RX2 and point 3 for the RX6/ RX8.If you can adhere to the room characteristics detailed above we recommend that you 1. do not it the port bungs to achieve the best performance. However you may feel that by itting the bungs even under these circumstances provides you with a degree of ine-tuning to suite particular taste. Experimentation is highly recommended. Where a bookshelf/ stand-mount speaker (RX1 & RX2) is to be used in close proximity 2. (2”, 50mm) to a rear wall such as on a bookshelf, positioned in a cabinet or mounted on a wall, we recommend itting the port bungs to the ports. This will reduce the bass ‘boom’ sometimes termed as overhang, and assist the loudspeaker to reproduce its best performance under the environmental constraints. ‘Boom’ is generally caused when bass energy from the loudspeaker ‘excites’ room modes and causes an accentuation at a particular frequency, or number of frequencies. Where a loor-standing loudspeaker (RX6 & RX8) is to be used in close proximity (closer 3. than 150mm 6”) to a rear wall, we recommend itting the port bungs. This will reduce the bass ‘boom’ sometimes termed as overhang and assist the loudspeaker to reproduce its best performance under these environmental constraints. This is caused when bass energy from the loudspeaker ‘excites’ room modes and causes an accentuation at a particular frequency, or number of frequencies. Where the loudspeaker has two ports per speaker, RX6 and RX8, a further degree of ine-tuning is provided. In this case you have three options; to leave all the ports open (point 1), it the port bungs to the rear ports or to it a port bung to the front port. We recommend that you experiment with itting the port bungs to the rear port or the front port in succession as the results can vary dependant on room acoustics and positioning. The overall bass extension will not be reduced, however the bass energy/ output around the port tuning frequency will be reduced. This has the effect of reducing bass ‘boom’ increasing bass clarity and apparent agility. Experimentation is highly recommended. Silver RX Manual.indd 12 03/06/2009 16:18:18
