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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
frazeur1
345 posts
 

How about the Gradient 1.4 speakers? Yeah, they might look like little robots, but they do have a lot going for them. FWIW…

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nonoise
10,841 posts
 

Andrew Jones has used something that is faceted so he has clearly applied my theories.

Talk about delusions of grandeur. 

 

sounds_real_audio
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I would have no way of knowing the " correct shape ". Again it is very dependent on the material used. The idea that giving the rear waves off the back of the drivers random walls to bounce off of is fine only if you expect those waves to bounce around. 

If the materials of the cabinet are designed to take the energy (back waves) and convert that energy to heat, well then that is a different animal.

kenjit OP
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If the materials of the cabinet are designed to take the energy (back waves) and convert that energy to heat, well then that is a different animal.

There is no material that miraculously converts sound energy into heat. That would be the perfect speaker material but it doesn't exist

kota1
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If you want research on speakers from the seventies take it, I want research  (on anything) that is recent. Progress marches on, if you like round speakers buy Gallo or Cabasse. If you want research on speakers that actually makes sense try AES, the standards have just been updated on speakers:

 

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