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Speakers made with unusual cabinet material

There were the Celestions with their Aerolam cabinets. The Green Mountain Audio speakers that had a sort of cast marble cabinet. Were/are there other speaker manufacturers that used some kind of odd or exotic materials for the cabinets? Are there speakers with real wood cabinets (rather than veneer?)
hodu
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pbnaudio
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Sebrof,

X material and M material is just a fancy word for Phenolic board.

Phenolic Board

It is not magic as some want to believe. It is however probably a good material choice for a speaker enclosure because of its inertness, but its not the only one. As previously stated is all a matter of implementation.

Good Listening

Peter
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marakanetz
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mmm implementation of Wilson also their materials are the primary cause of their horrible sound.
samhar
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Wilson "horrible sound" = problem(s) upstream !!! Start searching for what is being exposed in system or room !!! IMO!!!....YMMV !!!!
loftarasa
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Wilson Benesch use carbon fibre and the veneers done by the guys who make dashboards for Bentleys! Swish.
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sebrof
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02-26-13: Pbnaudio
Sebrof,
X material and M material is just a fancy word for Phenolic board.
Phenolic Board
So you are saying that Wilson sources their material from San Diego Plastics (your link)?
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