Another way to hear the sound inside a speaker enclosure?

At your risk. A way has to be found for breathing that does not compromise your health in any way. If you are not sure do not try.


Keep listening SPL extremely low.


Placing a presure moving coil microphone  inside the enclosure has been mentioned on a previous post.


This is even simpler and possibly better or more obvious. Take all safety precautions.


Connecting the speaker to headphones out and placing one's head inside the cabinet with the back open (air breathing considerations are very important, do not try for example if there is already any of the usual dangerous damping materials inside). It sounds horror of horrors but not as bad as expected. It was tried inside the carton cube box of a Pleiades Auratone 5C type speaker. More standing waves are expected to be found inside a stronger wooden box as there is much more impedance mismatch between air and the strong wood ie reflection ie standing waves due to reflection.


How does it sound? Bassy.