I just acquired a nice set of the Altec Model 19s. I'm the third owner of this set but for some unknown reason the first owner sealed the port with a block of wood on the inside. The wood appears to be glued to the inside back wall. I'll have to pull the 416 B and take a closer look before I attempt to knock out the block of wood which is painted flat black. Sounds fine (I haven't run any high volume yet) but just wondering if anyone heard of running these with the port opening purposely sealed. Any advice from the experienced Model 19 folks would be appreciated. Thanks