Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions Can you use rear ported speakers in bookshelf

I think it depends on the bookcase. If the bookcase is open shelved, or if the space allocated to the speakers is big enough so that there is at least a few inches above or beside the speakers then the rear porting shouldn't make much difference.

If the speaker is being snugged into a closed space roughly the same size as the speaker then rear porting will be much more of a problem.

I second all the other comments that the front boundary effects are at least as important.

You are essentially sliding the speaker into an open box -- unless the fronts of the speakers stick out a bit past the surrounding shelves the resulting sound is going to be... dare I say it... boxy.