Question on the Type of Wood Used in Speaker Construction andEffect on Sound
On 25/09/2014 6:46 a.m., David Platt wrote:
On the down side: it wears out tool-steel saw blades quickly (use
carbide!), it's heavy, it's not all that rigid (you're right, good
bracing is very important), and it can crumble at the corners if
struck. And, of course, Stradivarius didn't ever mill any of his
better violins out of it :-)
That's what makes MDF *great* for speakers. You DON'T WANT your cabinet
resonating and radiating sound - you want it as insert as possible,
exactly the opposite of the case with violins, guitars, pianos, drums, etc.
Except for Danelectro of course....
geoff
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