Are exotic speaker cabinet materials overrated?

And then there's all the bracing...

Magico Q5: https://www.stereophile.com/content/magico-q5-loudspeaker-page-3

I view speakers as musical instruments, so of course cabinet material matters, exotic or not. Resonance must be controlled not eliminated, then you'll get a natural sound.

Speakers: 

Sound Producers vs. Sound Reproducers see here page five. 

Mike

I think if we change the word "overrated" to "necessary" we might have a more productive conversation. I own a couple exotic drum sets. One made of multiple plies of maple the other of a single steam bent plank. Each has unique properties that I like and neither is "cheap". Using plies is much easier to shape into a shell with the solid plank requiring steam and immense pressure. The same of HDF/MDF cabinets with outer plies of exotic wood materials and internal bracing. Despite our feelings on the matter, you can’t argue with the many fine speaker manufacturers who are using something other than 100% exotic materials.

99% of the mass produced commercially built speakers in the world, are made of cheap materials. No matter what the kids at ASR say. 

@ditusa Producers vs reproducers. Good way of viewing it!

 Musical instruments are sound producers; loudspeakers are sound reproducers.
All musical resonance is already encoded in the recording.
When a cabinet adds its own vibration, it’s not revealing music—it’s adding a new instrument that wasn’t there. That may be pleasing, but it’s no longer faithful reproduction.

Sound producer → allowed to resonate

Sound reproducer → must not