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RE: Loudspeaker cabinet material and sound of each . Cabinet builder ??

Posted by pictureguy (A) on November 18, 2012 at 18:24:59

In Reply to: RE: Loudspeaker cabinet material and sound of each . Cabinet builder ?? posted by Klassenfahrt on November 18, 2012 at 17:37:00:

resonating and inert are, of course, two opposites.

I'd agree, in general, about MDF being awful stuff. Everyone who reframes their panels with real wood reports improvement over the MDF which comes stock.
IMO, clever design trumps sheer mass. By that I mean....Sure, you could use 90mm of birch ply or whatever floats your boat. However, I'm reasonably certain I could design and execute a panel of equal stiffness with far less material and weight.

I'm also personally not a fan of resonating box enclosures. At least when the box itself resonates...not the contained volume. It would seem to impart a coloration at the resonant frequency. For a one-off? Maybe...just maybe, you could get away with it. For a production speaker? Problematic.
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