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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
spotcheckb
34 posts
 

OP is nothing but a common troll.

dill
2,525 posts
 

Understood, but he is fun to play with ...

tomrk
73 posts
 

This is an easy question.

Today the equipment to evaluate speakers can be purchased relatively quickly and with a modicum of knowledge anybody can create a set of speakers using this software/hardware.

 

Box speaker work well enough;  I have my preference for some of the panel speakers that create a great sound stage (although I can't afford the electrostatics I really want).    But I can get by with box speakers, particularly when I just want to listen to background music.

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waytoomuchstuff
1,113 posts
 

Kenji makes some well-rounded arguments.  I, for one, wooden go against his premise.

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nonoise
10,841 posts
 

All I wanna know is if round coffins are going to be a thing and how would the pallbearers carry it? Would they just roll it over to the plot and would they still be made of wood?

All the best,
Nonoise

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