best wood for speaker cabinets ? oak,cherry, balti

Im not a carpenter i give up!!

A fairly new and non-traditional alternative is bamboo plywood. Not expensive, fairly dense, and a bit "greener".

http://www.calibamboo.com/bambooplywood.html

What did Kondo recommend for speaker material?

Mattzack2, I just took a look at the #3 kit. The birch ply is a no brainer, imo. They look fun enough to build, maybe you can play with a couple of proto builds and see which you like in your system. Careful. It can be addicting. :-)

Thank you, Isochronism. My amateur status shows itself in the finishes. ;-)

@Photon46...good info man. Yeah, clamping the speaker stands with all the layers and glue was no easy task. :-) Luckily I have friends that helped out. It was completely worth it, as they look great!

I was thinking of using the same technique for compression/clamping that Magico uses. They have a steel bar that runs through the layers, and then I would screw that down for compression. We'll see how that turns out. :-D

@Ngjockey...that looks promising, but spendy.

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