Subwoofer damping


I didn't no whether to post this in the speaker or tech forum, but I'll ask my query.

I have a very large subwoofer which has 2 16 inch drivers. I fired this baby up today after having it in storage for many years. I played a reference recording of Frederick Fennell's Pomp & Pipes. Well I set the crossover pots at 10:00, 6 being the lowest and 5 highest. Everthing was ok till there was some low and I mean low frequency with plenty of dynamics. I could hear the drivers make a girgle sound that came out the 4 vents in the cabinet.

I can't recall if I've heard this before and I'm thinking that I need to add additional damping material. Doe's anybody supply speaker wool anymore? I can't imagine overdriving this thing....I think my house would collapse...so adding more material seems might help. Any speaker tech's with answers would be appreciated.

Roger
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Kirkus,

Couldn't agree more...I use the Ashly 3.24 CL and love it. It replaced a Blah...eringer.
I 'll say thanks......but do you really know everything.
Oh God no . . . please, I didn't mean to offend.

In my experience two extremely important pieces of information in problem diagnosis are "Did this thing ever work correctly?" and "Can this thing work correctly as designed?". And when I work on equipment and installations that are both one-of-a-kind and, to a certain extent, unconventional . . . I always have to keep these these questions squarely in mind.

I was just trying to suggest some methods for you to do the same.