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Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there?

I understand that wood is cheap and a box is easier to make than a sphere but when the speaker companies charge tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars for their speakers, shouldnt consumers expect more than just a typical box? Are consumers being duped?

Back in the 70’s a speaker engineer found that a sphere was best for a speaker. A square box was the worst and a rectangular box was marginally better.

The speaker engineers have surely known about this research so why has it been ignored?

Cabasse is the only company doing spheres. Should wooden boxes be made illegal

kenjit
kenjit OP
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Cabasse also makes square/rectangular speakers. They may also have some patents on them so other companies cannot make similar ones.

nonsense. You cant patent a shape. Why hasnt anybody patented the rectangular box?

And of course the way they sound might not be to every one's liking, regardless of research, science or technology.

wrong again. The research shows it is the perfect shape. Speakers are there to reproduce what you play through them. They are not instruments. High end speaker companies know this. 

I may be wrong, but I don't think anyone makes a round Sub Woofer (KEF did made one that looked like a car tire).

B&w had one but we are not talking about subwoofers we are talking about regular speakers

kenjit OP
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How many times can the same provocative troll question be asked? I would say keep wooden boxes legal, and put kenjit in jail!

How can it be a troll question if Cabasse does it? Should cabasse be illegal? is that what you are implying? At least state some valid arguments for why you disagree rather than just calling people a troll. I'm guessing your speakers are wooden boxes then?

kenjit OP
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Success breeds repitiion and imitation.

But what does that show? That audiophiles dont care about sound but care more about how a speaker looks?


"Back in the 70s an engineer figured out..." sounds like 1000 other BS stories.

And yes, anything that Kenjit doesn't approve of should be illegal (In Kenjitville).

If I was in charge of the speaker industry half of the speakers we see wouldnt be allowed due to inadequate sound quality. 

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cleeds
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kenjit

... If I was in charge of the speaker industry half of the speakers we see wouldnt be allowed ...

But you’re not. As a consequence, we have something known as "freedom of choice." You might want to consider why that bothers you so much.

I’ve heard speakers in a box that sound quite fine.

kenjit OP
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The freedom of choice has caused box speakers to be prevalent. Did you not see what someone wrote? 

They make 'em, we buy 'em. Ergo they keep makin' em.

Either we stop making em or we stop buying em. Otherwise, we are stuck with wooden junk

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