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Hopefully, this is a better explanation:
Mel
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Neal [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:31 PM
To:
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Speaking of Showmen: Tone Rings / Nebulas
I sort of remember Mel explaining this once, so I searched the archive.
I still don't fully understand this though...
BN
> So its my understanding that tone rings let the speaker "breathe". If a
> speaker is in a sealed cabinet, it has to work a lot harder to
> move because
> of the air trapped in the cabinet. If you slap on tone ring on there, it
> lets air in so the speaker can push out, and lets the air out so
> the speaker
> can move in. Since the speaker in a tone-ring cab has an easier time, it
> sounds better (or thats how it was explained to me).
>
> So......how come Dual Showman cabinets don't have tone rings? They are
> completely sealed up with no porting. At least mine is.
>
> Thanks,
> BN
>
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