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   DanH | Jan 31, 2010 09:12am | #1

   Generally, yes. But be sure that the cabinet is VERY tightly constructed -- every slightly loose joint will rattle.

   Speaker grille cloth is a good choice to cover the opening. Metal and wood are likely to rattle. (Though even grille cloth can rattle if it lays against something loosely.)

   I'm not up on the latest thoughts on subwoofers, but I believe you want two openings to the box, as far apart from each other as possible, with the subwoofer oriented to feed one and "suck" from the other.

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   Mike_Mills | Jan 31, 2010 02:30pm | #2

   I wouldn't put it inside a
   I wouldn't put it inside a cabinet, I would put it UNDER a cabinet.

   To put it inside, you have to redesign and rebuild the subwoofer housing in your cabinet. It will shake it the cabinet and everything in it - books are okay but glassware and china are not. You will get base shake from the feet of the sub and acoustic loading of all the surfaces via the moving air coulmn.

   If you put it under the cabinet (think between the legs of a sofa table, here), it uses its existing housing.

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   DanH | Jan 31, 2010 04:04pm | #3

   Yep, that's probably a good
   Yep, that's probably a good idea. Make a floorless cabinet with an open "kick" area and some sort of screening on the front. Let the subwoofer sit on the floor.

   Depending on the style of the cabinets, you could have a "front" that stopped short of both the top and floor by 3-4", then, about 3" back of that black-painted pieces 4-5" tall at the top and floor.