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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
secretguy
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nonoise

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

Talk about delusions of grandeur

Pay no attention to the fool behind the curtain,

kenjit OP
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If you want research on speakers from the seventies take it, I want research (on anything) that is recent.

It doesn’t matter if it was from the seventies or not. It was correct and that is the key point that speaker companies have to understand.

On the other hand, there is no modern research on speakers. If so, how come we are not seeing that reserach being applied to the products we see on the market?

I have seen nothing new. The wooden box is ubiquitous and it needs to be made illegal. Andrew Jones has just released a speaker called the Mofi point source. In case you have not noticed he has applied the theory from the 70’s and although its not quite perfect, it does at least disprove your insinuation that the reserach done in the past is outdated and wrong.

Come along now, repeat ten times after me: Long live the kenjit Standards!

if you like round speakers buy Gallo or Cabasse.

Oh come on as if they are the only possible way to do a round speaker? Thats like saying if you like box speakers just buy a B&W? Are there not different ways to build box speakers so that audiophiles may prefer one box over another? Obviously there are. So why should round speakers be any different!

@thespeakerdude

I work in the professional speaker industry. I think the above is the best contribution I can bring to this discussion. Anything else would be a waste of effort.

What do you do in the professional speaker industry? If I guessed that you make square boxes, would I be right?

dill
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Still waiting Kenjit for proof of what you claim to have said, done or built. Tired of the flapping gums unless you can’t handle the truth.

You really have no standing ...

The only thing you have proved so far is thespeakerdude’s point.

"It is better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

If the shoe fits ....

 

ps
746 posts
 

Kenjit: Cervantes in another, much lesser format, and completely devoid of wit.

dill
2,516 posts
 

Perfect ps! But he won't get it ...

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