New from Klipsch - Large Bookshelf Heritage Rebellion

It is my understanding that MDF is a more solid and consistent material than plywood.  In addition to being consistently dense it machines very well. 

The thickness matters, of course. 

"What surprised me is that the speaker is composed of MDF, covered with a real wood veneer.  I would have expected the use of plywood or balsa, rather than MDF."

MDF has been the standard for decades, never seen a Balsa cabinet before, plywood is rairly used now. 

That said looks to be another over priced Klipsch speaker. 

Sorry - meant bamboo, not balsa.  Saw that about an hour after I posted it.  Ascend Acoustics use bamboo for their speaker cabinets.  Must be age creeping up on me and on my birthday no less.

I realize that MDF has been the de-facto building material for speaker cabinets for decades.  

I just thought that other Klipsch Heritage speaker cabinets were made from plywood.  I was mistaken.  That was true for the original versions, not true for today's versions.

I also thought that at $3200 (premium Tigerwood finish), something other than MDF would be used.  My bad.  

Geez - I really wrote balsa.  Images of rubber band airplanes from my childhood come to mind. 

Rich