X1 Letterbox handles in ports

Hello there, we've built 2 X1 Letterboxes, loaded with Void V18-1000s. We built them with handles half way up the port sides of the speaker, cut out of the wood with 3-4cm deep boxes behind them.

At the moment they sound good, but would filling these in and moving the handles elsewhere gain us anything in terms of power (or anything else)?

I don't have any other X1s to compare and contrast with, so i'm just trying to work out whether the work done in terms of filling, painting, re-cutting and re-building the handles would be worth it.

Thanks

Are they going in your van or mine?

since you're in northumberland... I know a friend of mine is selling some located in northumberland if you are interested..  very well built from 13lam birch ply

Hey calculus,

Cheers for the reply. Do you run pangea by any chance? Is it the drop the bass guys selling their x1's. I was chatting to the serenity crew at benny page and i think they mentioned something about someone selling. Do you know how much they want for the cabs? My X1's dont have handles and i know what you mean the ports are pretty handy for moving around

James

We've built a second pair without handles, and really can't tell the difference sound-wise. I think we'll be putting some in these as the handles are handy for maneuvering them around my... ahem... 'compact' van. The ports are all well and good but I need to be able to twist them round some mad axes to get them in the right place during loading.