• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Iirc, the hole does 2 things. The first is it acts like a sound hole in a guitar or violin and alters the tonal qualities of the speaker (the enclosure acts like a resonate chamber.)

    Also, iirc, drivers have to work harder to move the membrane of the enclosure is totally sealed, since it’d have to compress the air inside/behind the membrane.

    Of course, cheap speakers probably did it because they saw JBL and others do it on the expensive studio monitors.

    As for spiders…. I think they’re cool, but only if they stay over …. There…. Jumping spiders can even be cute. But at a distance.

    Same goes for the centipede with the creepy legs. I respect that they eat things I’m happy not deal with… just don’t come over here.

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      4 months ago

      This would be the latter. Interesting explanation, thanks.

      Modern studio monitors don’t usually have those in my experience, but I got those years ago in a trade and they really capture a flat monitor sound in a way that modern monitors don’t. I’m sure in part because they’re massive. Anyway, they were perfect for my audio work at the time.