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![]() wrote in message ... On Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:45:45 PM UTC-7, Chu Gai wrote: A brief discussion on resolving systems with a gentleman who makes single driver speakers in what appears to be a folded Voigt Pipe design turned briefly to resonances. My general contention was that since he was using alder as opposed to MDF, that it would result in additional resonances which would color the sound. Some mild umbrage was taken. The conversation went like this. Am I somehow missing something here or is this a combination of spin coupled with some factual errors regarding wood? Him: Sure, it will resonate. So will wood, steel, micarta, MDF, and ANYTHING ELSE that has any mechanical stiffness. How it resonates and whether it's important depends upon its stiffness, it's internal mechanical losses, how it's mounted and secured and how it's mechanically loaded and acoustically excited. Me: This should not be interpreted as the intentional use of materials to impart resonances as opposed to MDF which has a more predictable nature? In ways, it reminds me of the various woods that can be used in the construction of guitars where I think MDF, apart from being heavy, might not make for the most pleasing of sounds. Him: No, you have interpreted incorrectly. A common misconception though. But yes woods do flavor sound, for guitars and speakers. Part of woods amazing quality is that it can be made to resonate more, as in the case of a guitar or piano, but that same piano usues wood to isolate the vibration (the case) so the most energy can be released to the room (more music) What solid wood does in the case of my speaker is resonate LESS. I use solid wood for it's weight vs ridgidity, it is far more ridgid than mdf. And contributes actually less in the form of self -resonance. In addition we have have made this speaker from teak, oak, mdf, plywood, pine, alder, maple and cherry. All have distinct sonic "flavors". The solid wood particularly the maple extends bass and allows the very absolute maximum energy transfer from driver cone to port to room without imparting audible resonance of it's own. The mdf example sounded muffled and lifeless. My designs pursue maximum energy transfer from electrical to the room both from the front of the driver and the rear.. I once made a xylephone from different species of wood, the keys all the same size as an experiment. 5 octaves were covered just from locally growing trees. One really has to integrate decisions about grain orientation, thicknesses of wood as well as joint strength to carry this discussion comparing materials to any logical extent as it relates to speakerbuilding. Me: If it's your position that cabinet augmentation is desireable, then we stand on opposite sides. If you feel that it gives your speaker a characteristic sound that is pleasing, I can live with that. Him: The concept that you propose I subscribe to is incorrect, you mis-nterpret my intention of reducing resonance through the use of solid wood. MDf does not eliminate resonance. It reduces it drastically, such that it also reduces musical content via energy absorption. If you look at speakerbuilding from another angle, the anthropological veiw, we see that as forests shrank and skilled labor was replaced with machinery. The square box (usually sealed or ported0 became the de-facto method of augmenting the bass drivers own free-air resonance (fs) or limiting it in the case of sealed enclosures. I submit this has every thing to do with the advent of high powered solid state amplifiers as equally as declining skills in our labor pool. MDF was not created for eliminating resonance in speaker boxes but rather to utilize vast stretches of inadequate lumber stocks. From an acoustical standpoint MDF is dampening. It absorbs sound due to it's mass and weight. I am trying to allow the energy that would be absorbed by MDF to be better utilized re-creating acoustical energy in the room. Of course you do not want your speakerbox to vibrate, but using a "dead" panel is the easy way out and not neccesarily the best method. ANd I think Franco Serbelin agrees. MDF is the best for creating acoustical energy in any room Try using morning wood. It might be interesting. Shaun |
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On 7/10/2014 1:54 PM, Shaun wrote:
MDF is the best for creating acoustical energy in any room Not this again, if it was the "best for creating acoustical energy in any room" all wooden acoustical musical instruments would be made from it instead of none. Trevor. |
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On 7/10/2014 6:30 AM, geoff wrote:
On 27/09/2014 6:32 p.m., Trevor wrote: On 25/09/2014 5:41 PM, geoff wrote: On 25/09/2014 6:46 a.m., David Platt wrote: On the down side: it wears out tool-steel saw blades quickly (use carbide!), it's heavy, it's not all that rigid (you're right, good bracing is very important), and it can crumble at the corners if struck. And, of course, Stradivarius didn't ever mill any of his better violins out of it :-) Or any at all for that matter, since it hadn't been invented when he died. :-) That's what makes MDF *great* for speakers. You DON'T WANT your cabinet resonating and radiating sound - you want it as insert as possible, exactly the opposite of the case with violins, guitars, pianos, drums, etc. Right, which makes MDF a good *compromise* for speaker boxes only. Hardly best in any single parameter however. I wasn't suggesting making speaker chassis, cones, or magnets out of MDF Just as well or you would appear even sillier!!! Trevor. |
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![]() "Trevor" wrote in message ... On 7/10/2014 1:54 PM, Shaun wrote: MDF is the best for creating acoustical energy in any room Not this again, if it was the "best for creating acoustical energy in any room" all wooden acoustical musical instruments would be made from it instead of none. Trevor. Hey Trevor; Do a google search for Morning wood; I don't think you know what it is. Shaun |
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On 8/10/2014 3:15 AM, Shaun wrote:
"Trevor" wrote in message ... On 7/10/2014 1:54 PM, Shaun wrote: MDF is the best for creating acoustical energy in any room Not this again, if it was the "best for creating acoustical energy in any room" all wooden acoustical musical instruments would be made from it instead of none. Hey Trevor; Do a google search for Morning wood; I don't think you know what it is. Sure I do, but what has it got to do with this thread? Trevor. |
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![]() "Trevor" wrote in message ... On 8/10/2014 3:15 AM, Shaun wrote: "Trevor" wrote in message ... On 7/10/2014 1:54 PM, Shaun wrote: MDF is the best for creating acoustical energy in any room Not this again, if it was the "best for creating acoustical energy in any room" all wooden acoustical musical instruments would be made from it instead of none. Hey Trevor; Do a google search for Morning wood; I don't think you know what it is. Sure I do, but what has it got to do with this thread? Trevor. Well if you put the morning wood in a woman, in out in out. She'll will make sound interesting sounds! get a rhythm going and it would be like music. Shaun |
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