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.
The subject of the post is about exotic materials. Sorry, nothing new to see. Inert boxes have been built for years. A more interesting subject would be looking at exotic shapes. That's where the round concrete speakers can excel. Not because they're concrete but because they're round with no edges. The use of concrete allows for molded shapes. |
@gdaddy1 up to a point beyond mass produced MDF, it becomes subjective. Speakers are instruments. Some will resonate and should resonate like a cello when you hear the cello. I personally do not believe I want a dead inert speaker. I also don't want to hear the hollowness of a cheap 1/4" thick MDF. |
@bartsw + 1 why I love my Sonner Legato Unum.. |
@bartsw I think it’s it’s pretty well known that instruments are designed to resonate but speakers are designed to NOT resonate. Speakers aren’t instruments. Think about this... if a speaker behaves like an instrument it’s adding sound that’s NOT in the recording. It should aim to be acoustically invisable.
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