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What is your favorite material for loudspeakers?

So what is your preferred choice for loudspeaker cabinet materials and finish? Veneers, Laminates,Metals, Carbon, Solid hard woods, Partical board, birch plywood. Plastic coats,Plastic,Aluminum, Paint,Lacquers, French polish, Oil? So pick your cab material, veneer or other, finish choice what even you like? For me birch plywood with veneer and french polish. Whats your choice?
128x128johnk
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LOL!

Here is the correct spelling and definition:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsidaisium
magfan
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Upsidasium was the metal (mythical) discovered on Mt. Flatten.
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magfan
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Just looked at link! Yep, as I remember......
Need a new thread:: 'rocky-bullwinkle trivia'
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johnk OP
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Have you guys tried a french polish?
sounds_real_audio
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John
I have had some speakers in house made from birch plywood. What a relief over MDF. Much better tonal quality. I think the big difference is that MDF has so much glue in it. Much more mass and that acts like a solar heat sink holding in the resonance.. I think most speaker manufactures know that. But it does take a different and more expensive approach. You buy veneered plywood and build from that. With MDF you can build the speaker first and then if it is OK just cover with veneer. Not the degree of difficulty that working with expensive plywood has.
By the way what is french polish???
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