Scrap wood
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| Posted on July 21, 2016 at 05:00:32 | ||
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Location: NY Joined: December 22, 2008 |
 I have a pair of Altec 755Cs and have been using them in a 32" X 36" open baffle, a well known and highly touted design using Baltic birch plywood. I never liked it and finally gave up on trying to like them. I have a preference for high mass speaker boxes, so the next design was going to be heavy. The panels for the pictured spkr weigh ~ 33#s/each, thus each spkr weighs ~ 100#s. The backside of the panels have mineral tile board glued to them, adding mass and damping. The core of the panels is 3/4" MDF. The center panel is clad with vinyl flooring tiles for damping and looks. The front of the baffles are trimmed in scrap wood, mostly mahogany, that I had hanging around my shop for far too long and needed to be used. The need to use up the wood was also a big motivational factor in building this project. I expected them to sound good and I'm pleased at how good they sound.
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| RE: Scrap wood, posted on July 26, 2016 at 09:02:36 | |
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I admire your ingenuity and getting the job done. But my wife would insist that I move out if I put those things in our living room. :)
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