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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
ronboco
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@barts 

Thank you! Happy holidays to you as well! 
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Ron

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fuzztone
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Why is there a Kenjit?

kenjit OP
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@o_holter 

You cannot use Gallo speakers to represent ALL spherical speakers. There are degrees of success with spherical speakers just as with boxes no? Some boxes are better than others and its the same with spheres. Just because we havent seen any good spheres yet doesnt mean theyre all bad. 

What about the cabasse spheres? They are one of the worlds best arent they? Is it a coincidence they are spheres? Why does Magico use curved cabinets if perfect square edges would suffice? Is it not to recognize the great wisdom of Master Kenjit and take a leaf out of his book?

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roxy54
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Still not using apostrophes with contractions kenjit. Where did you go to school?

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mapman
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While we are on the topic, how about all those wooden violins, cellos, bongos , etc out there?   Someone needs to do something about that!   I nominate the OP.  Report back please when mission accomplished.  Thank you!

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