Modifying RX-CT900 speakers has made an incredibly deep bass (from 40 Hz)

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Installed are:
Layer of pwc foam, layer of cotton ,
Cross wooden brace , calculated bass reflex
and thick black/red wiring.
Original tweeters were replaced with sensitive high output piezo tweeters.
Decorative polished chrome rings added to finish bass reflex ports' edges.
Wire organizers were gently released and saved along with original wires
You can always put them back originally with original screws.
 

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Black spots are drops of liquid rubber.
They came thru layers of cotton like stitches to prevent moving.

Yes,i've made holes,BUT
original wire organizers can be installed back with 2 original screws
to make it looking original again if needed.

1988 magazine photo and my RX-CT900 today.

Tapes are separately - let me know if you like them

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Reelcassette said:
Black spots are drops of liquid rubber.
They came thru layers of cotton like stitches to prevent moving.
You purchased the cotton like that, or did you add the rubber somehow?
 

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Honesty if you have a large woofer in a small cabinet a ported box is the way to go. If you have a small woofer in a small to medium box then sealed is the way to go that is if the cabinet resonance can be brought under control through bracing and poly fill , the poly fill breaks up the standing sound waves trapped inside the cabinet because of the group delay which is sound waves inside a cabinet fighting for space , those sound waves produced bounce around and interfere with new sound waves in short.
 

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Why have i modified my RX-CT900 Speakers?
As a flagman of Panasonic's boomboxes in 1989 and till January of 1991,
RX-CT900 has a quite decent amp. / 2x30W PMPO /.
I've connected a pair of Technics SB-CS60 ( 8Ohm ) instead or
original 2.7 Ohm speakers and that was a very solid sound with a plenty of trebles ,
mids and bass without noticeable output power loss and distortions were way lower !
Then i've connected them serially along with original speakers and guess what happened?
Sound was even better WITHOUT POWER LOSS AGAIN ! AT 8+2.7 = 10,7 Ohm !
This Amp drives 10 speakers without any problems with less distortions at higher impedance !
This is how i've figured to modify my original speakers for maximum efficiency .
So before you start to modify your boombox speakers , make sure you check it with some
other speakers to see if there's a point to do that.
Some boomboxes have amps designed to work with original speakers only and
any spontaneous modification can affect their good original sound
(I don't mean original tweeters - see my further posts about them )

Happy listening to eveybody!
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