When you think youve blown a driver...

... because your sub is making horrible rattling noises, but it turns out that a load of empty plastic cups have been sucked deep into the port and it is those being violently shaken that's causing the rattling. thank god for that.
 
Phew, you had me worried there.

I use full-face grilles for a reason 🙂

Chris

I really was worried for a time. I used my own builds for this which don't have full face grills, but I think they sound a little better when stood close by than the ones with the full face grills. Only because the grill covering the port is possibly restricting the flow making them sound a bit wooshy / windy when driven hard with deep bass notes.
I need to think of a solution to that. I prefer the sound uncovered but don't want them sucking stuff up or becoming homes to nesting rodents when they go into storage.