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.
Don't you just love how people go completely off their nut when you say something they disagree with! |
That's what happens when you choose and expensive, flimsy and ringy material like aluminum just because it's fashionable! |
A less wordy method to show where Metal is shown to have very different intrinsic properties relating to Damping / Dissipation, where a RIDWB (Panzerholz) is the material being compared to. https://www.lessloss.com/the-virtues-of-panzerholz-ezp-80.html |
@pindac Watching the Youtube video on the 'B&W factory tour' building the 800 series they use their own fabricated version of Panzerholz. Muti layers, pressure,heat. Amazing construction process. Forming the shape is something special that can't be done using flat panels. Most manufacturers and DIY'ers are restricted to box shapes. Rounded smoother shapes are desirable. For this reason I do find the croncrete speaker a very worthy experiment over the added cost of Panzerholz and shape limitation. Concrete (or a blend thereof) of might even be superior!
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