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RE: Perforated speaker cabinets

Posted by Paul Joppa on June 23, 2024 at 08:33:06:
It seems unlikely to me, at least at low frequencies where box volume tunes the cabinet.

Transmission loss is dominated by stiffness below resonance, damping around resonance, and mass above resonance. The holes will reduce stiffness, and the granite will increase mass, so it should help above the resonance frequency and hurt below. Damping is hard to guess without knowing the specific panel material and installation method.

Typical panels resonate at a few hundred Hz. Of course the are multiple resonances above the first one, but the same rules apply to them too.

I hope that is helpful.