Scrap wood

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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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Topic - Scrap wood - hifipaul 05:00:32 07/21/16 (3)

RE: Scrap wood - Inmate51 09:02:36 07/26/16 (0)

RE: Scrap wood - Todd A. 10:53:28 07/21/16 (1)

RE: Scrap wood - Toto 08:07:28 07/26/16 (0)

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