Why are there so many wooden speakers?


I have noticed a problem within the speaker industry. 99% of speakers that come onto the marketplace are wooden, i.e MDF.
 
This is true of old speakers and new speakers. This is true of Dynaudio, B&W, Elac, Kef, revel, PMC, Focal, ATC the list goes on and on. This is a longstanding problem that has been deceiving audiophiles for decades and it requires a solution. 

The problem with a wooden box is that no matter what crossover or drivers you use, it will still sound like a wooden box. 
There is a limit to the sound you can get out of a wooden box so it is not possible to improve the sound just by using different drivers. Despite this, every year or two, the aforementioned companies put new speakers on the market claiming that they sound even better than what came before. In conclusion, we are being misled. 

I have no problem with MDF boxes per se. MDF is a good material to use. But if you want to make an even better speaker then you obviously need to use a better material. You cant use the same material and say you have made a better speaker. Thats false. 

Let's take the B&W 600 series for example. This is a series that has been going on for decades. 

Here is the latest speaker from their current series

https://www.bowerswilkins.com/home-audio/607

There is no mention of what wood is used but I'm pretty sure its MDF. All they talk about is their continuum woofer and dome tweeter that goes up to 38khz. No mention of even improvements to the crossover let alone the cabinet.

I believe that this has gone on for long enough and audiophiles deserve better treatment. I don't know if a class action lawsuit is the answer but something needs to change.
kenjit
Polystyrene board can be broken by hand its too thin and weak. You can use cardboard too but not for high end audio only for low quality
For the 8" woofers I made hollow spheres out of particle board
Bass doesn't diffract off a cabinet. 
Class action lawsuit? You're seeing a whole team of psychiatrists, aren't you?
@kenjit. The issue with making speakers where the only deviation is the cabinet is only one of them is going to sound okay to sell.  In my initial test only one speaker sounded good enough to sell.  The more poorly damped material needed significant mods to crossover and internal damping materials.  I would not sell my current cabinets with the same drivers without a crossover changes and that only reflect a deviation between fiberglass and carbon fiber.  
This would be a better “after hours” event at a hifi show like AXPONA.  If and when we have shows back I could set this test up for people to listen.  

Wood good...concrete carbon polymer unobtainium etc...bad!  Orchestra would sound very flat without wood based instruments 🎻