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Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones

There seems to be a pretty big jump in speaker prices when moving to carbon fiber cabinetry when all else is equal (or what seems like equal). Is this because it is able to be molded into more acoustically correct shapes or simple the characteristics of the material?

sokogear
sokogear OP
1,066 posts
 

Sorry for the typo. Is it simply the characteristics of the material?

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erik_squires
15,994 posts
 

It's lightweight and rigid and, more than anything else, provides the perception of modernity to the consumer.

Wood is so 19th century!

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bigtwin
1,166 posts
 

Call me old fashioned, but give me a beautiful cabinet make of burled walnut or birds eye maple any day. 

 

80s_forever
43 posts
 

It takes a lot of  time and specialized labor to get satisfactory results with carbon fiber compared to applying wood veneer over a MDF box.  

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