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Basic anti-resonance principles: damping and bracing

Regardless of materials used (and there are MANY choices, everyone has their favorite), if you want an enclosure to not "sing along," you need to:

1) Damp the larger panels. A constrained layer approach, where boards of different densities (such as MDF and plywood) are laminated with a flexible adhesive, can muffle the bad vibes significantly.

2) Brace opposing large panels center-to-center. Even damped laminate panels as described above will flex most at their centers. Cross-bracing them will eliminate this flex.


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