Replacing driver screws with brass screws

Mr. Glup has questioned several times the appropriateness of using wood screws to secure speaker drivers to the cabinets.  As well as the sonics of using different wood variety screws.  His inquiries have not been heard or addressed? 

I had a few more.

Different, let them be metals, screws on, for example, wooden, aluminum, granite, etc. enclosures. It seems like those interactions might prevent that only one type, brass in this case, is "the one". In short, if different screw metal matters, why wouldn’t different materials the screw is attached to matter even more in this story?

Then, are there screws on electrostatic speakers? If yes, do changes in their material also matter for the sound?

I know that title is "Brass screws", but these questions are not that removed from the discussion. They are only a developmental step above "brass or no brass".

I know what you are thinking. "No bras(s)".

It is not necessarily the brass vs ferromagnetic steel screws but screws better bonding speaker frames to the cabinet.

@andrei_nz,

’I guess in theory it did - as in everything makes a difference, not that I heard a difference. Did it improve the sound? Again, I do not know - it was inaudible to me.’


In theory anything could make a theoretical sonic difference - the power supply, the room temperature, the heat in the voice coil, the type of solder used, the finish of the cabinets, the types of connectors used, or ... maybe even a butterfly flapping its wings in the Brazilian rainforest etc.

However, since we’re only human, perhaps it’s best to leave imagination behind for once and to stick to those differences that we can consistently identify, time and time again, with or without visual evidence.

Life is finite, and so is our hearing. So why keep wasting time experimenting in ways that could make things a lot worse?

Why risk stripping of the cabinet screw thread, or upsetting the manufacturers desired torque?

Because someone online who enjoys trying out tweaks recommends brass screws?

Is anyone surprised that the respected designer John Dunlavy laughed when it was suggested to him?

Is it really very likely that some amateur online knows more than highly qualified and experienced designers?

Are you really so willing to gamble on that likelihood?

One slip of the screwdriver and...

One slip of the screwdriver and...
Yes, this is a serious consideration.

Why risk stripping of the cabinet screw thread, or upsetting the manufacturers desired torque? Yes, this is a consideration.

It is something that needs to be thought about and considered, even though I do believe based upon personal experience that different materials in baffle screws (materials have differing Young's Modulus) perform differently, it is to be done with caution.

Is it really very likely that some amateur online knows more than highly qualified and experienced designers? It is actually being used and was used by designers in the past and in the present. This isn’t new, it’s older technology that’s being newly presented here.

If someone isn’t going to take the time to research it properly, and purchase appropriate tools and fasteners to correctly implement this technology - I totally agree with CD318 - just don’t.