I am quite keen on Panzerholz, a very dense, very dead German beech plywood with elastic properties. Costly to experiment with, though - $1000 sheet.
- ...
- 172 posts total
MDF and plywood are okay. HDF is better. Wilson uses variants of quartz and Corian countertop material. All sorts of composites and plastics can be ordered in sheet form from McMaster in various thickness. Methacrylate acrylic and phenol works great. Bracing is very important. Isodamp is amazing stuff. I would stay away from aluminum. Goldmund, Magico, and YG lost their minds. It's the worst material for a speaker enclosure. |
Most materials can be made non-resonant/acoustically inert, when(as mentioned above) implementation, bracing, and thickness/layering are given proper attention. Fiberboard also comes in a variety of densities(not just MDF). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberboard |
- 172 posts total