kenjit OP975 posts
Your right, plane and simple, MDF is the least expensive for what it does,
and the most expensive for what it cost to make. It is the cheapest solution to the speaker making, world.
Is it better than plywood? It is better than most. why? The voids in most of todays plywood has way to may other problems. GOOD speaker A/B plywood is well over 100.00 a 4 x 8 sheet, and cost a LOT more to make than any compressed composet, like MDF. I bet MDFs profit margin is twice that of any plywood. Things like Corian, or HDF. WOW, cost to machine, cost of material, look out..
My cabinets have HDF front baffles, they start with a 10" x 14" x 72" solid block and machine the tapered baffle and cut the 7 openings. That is attached to a 2 1/4" thick X 72" tall 8 CF MDF 3 x cabinet.
What does 3 layers of MDF mean? That means there are 6 very dense layers of HDF, and 3 sandwiched layers of MDF. EXCELLENT cabinets..
They sound like green concrete. They make NO NOISE...and disappear with the tapered baffle design. VMPS RMx Elixirs. less than 8 pairs left in the world...only 16 pairs ever made...
Mine weigh over 400 lbs each, with drivers loaded.
Yup, K, they were made right. The guy’s name was Dorn (sp) Dibble a cabinet maker in El Sobrante CA. 7 layers of acrylic black lacquer.
Yup they are something, to behold... Even 15 years after they were made.
Not a single added blemish, from the factory, well there is one, But no one could find it... :-)
Regards