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Are exotic speaker cabinet materials overrated?
Seems a lot of speaker companies are coming out with new non resonant cabinet materials all the time. Wilson especially seems to be inventing a new M X V material every year. Other top speaker companies seem to be staying with MDF even when their speakers match the above mentioned speaker company prices. Do these exotic materials really contribute to a better sound or do they add an unnatural quality to the sound.
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I'd be willing to bet that most of these "high-end" speakers are not made from solid exotic wood but veneers over HDF. Baltic Birch is good for screw retention but doesn't have as strong dimensional stability. I don't know of that many manufacturers that screw their cabinets together so there's that. HDF also has better uniformity and is much easier to work with on a production level. If you add some exotic veneers, it can look much better than Baltic Birch as well. I once had a custom set of DW drums that had an exotic veneer over maple. Maple was great but the veneer of Mapa Burl put it over the top. Does it look good? Sound good? And is inert? That's really all that matters. |
Best bookshelf speaker in the world has Granite Cabinets. No not overrated and @kofibaffour is clueless.... |
@foggyus91 Laughable. If you think a speaker cabinet has to be made of GRANITE to be the "best", I have acres of oceanside property for sale in Phoenix that I'll give you a great deal on. Keep enjoying the sound of your cable lifters. My god. |
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