Cabinet Materials, sheet rock stuff

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I got a pair of Altec 288s drivers and a pair of horns and Im thinking of building a pair of large uglyish cabnets al-la VOT or atleast something of that nature with some sort of horn apature for the mid range. Its all very up in the air at this point.
Anyway, as for building materials,
I was wondering if anyone had tried affixing sheet rock to the interior walls for strength and a hard but unresonant interior. Now Im not talking about drywall (although this might work) but the sort of sheet rock that is used on bathroom walls. In case you dont know what this is, its a very hard sheet of "concrete" .5-3/8inch thick which is strenghthend internally by thin sheets of fiberglass/metal mesh. Its heavy, and much much stronger then drywall. Its a pain to cut and you could never use it for the box itself but you could affix it to the interior walls.
Is this an interesting idea, is it stupid, have you tried it?
Am I forgetting some fundamental about speaker building, please share your opinions.

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Topic - Cabinet Materials, sheet rock stuff - Dave Urbasic 11:17:59 04/13/00 (6)

Re: Cabinet Materials, sheet rock stuff - Glen 11:31:25 04/19/00 (0)

Re: Concrete Board! - Mike Bates 05:23:01 04/15/00 (1)

Re: Concrete Board! - Don B 13:27:06 04/15/00 (0)

Re: Cabinet Materials, sheet rock stuff - CJB 13:34:20 04/13/00 (2)

Re: Cabinet Materials, sheet rock stuff - BrianG 15:17:30 04/13/00 (1)

thanks - urbasic 12:40:37 04/14/00 (0)

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