Fiberglass

[wideglide340]

last time i checked i had not seen any home speaker enclosures made from
fiberglass. although you can get plastic ones at radio shack and
walmart. fiberglass is a great tool. i usually coat any of my highend
enclosures with 2 coats of resin inside and out. also glass baffles and
trim panels are really cool but theres no replacement for mdf when it
comes to sq.


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[Landon Roberts]

The only reason the use MDF is because it is cheap and easy to work
with. I make fiberglass boxes for a living, and have found that
anything that is 100% fiberglass sounds a lot better than combined MDF
and fiberglass, or just MDF alone. Anyone interested in buying
fiberglass e-mail me at

[MOSFET]

I make fiberglass boxes for a living, and have found that
> anything that is 100% fiberglass sounds a lot better than combined MDF
> and fiberglass, or just MDF alone.

OK, I call BS on that. Fiberglass IS lighter than MDF and is therefore
desirable where weight is an issue (performance cars, street racers, etc.),
but honestly, the job of an enclosure is simply to hold a volume of air
without flexing (this volume of air acts as a spring against the speaker
cone). Absolutley any material (brick, marble, glass, steel, plastic, etc.)
will make a perfect enclosue as long as the volume of air contained does not
change as air pressure increases and decreases.

MOSFET

[Cyrus]

In article . com>,
"Landon Roberts" > wrote:

> The only reason the use MDF is because it is cheap and easy to work
> with. I make fiberglass boxes for a living, and have found that
> anything that is 100% fiberglass sounds a lot better than combined MDF
> and fiberglass, or just MDF alone. Anyone interested in buying
> fiberglass e-mail me at
>

I gotta hear this one. Please explain further why glassed enclosures
sound better.

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[Les]

"wideglide340" > wrote in
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> last time i checked i had not seen any home speaker enclosures made from
> fiberglass. although you can get plastic ones at radio shack and
> walmart. fiberglass is a great tool.

Exactly, it is merely a tool. A means to get something done where for
whatever reason a typical wood style box won't work. SQ is not a factor.

i usually coat any of my highend
> enclosures with 2 coats of resin inside and out.

Why?

also glass baffles and
> trim panels are really cool but theres no replacement for mdf when it
> comes to sq.

What makes you say that?