17-May-2017, 17:31
f1eng
In my experiment fine drive units in an excellent enclosure outperformed superb drivers in a modest enclosure.
Yes Somewhat I observe that the majority of the speaker industry is somewhat limited in materials used for enclosure. MDF as a cheap and easy to process material. Recently aluminum is quite fashionable with many high end companies and carbon fiber is used for a long time by Wilson Benesch. There are a few manufactures who use various versions of mineral etc. filled composites but mostly these tend to be quite massive enclosures. Constraint layering could make lighter (less energy storage) but stiff and well damped structures but it is challenging to generate complex and interesting forms with that technique i.e. a lot of investment into new manufacturing processes (maybe 3d printing with different materials).
In my experiment fine drive units in an excellent enclosure outperformed superb drivers in a modest enclosure.
Yes Somewhat I observe that the majority of the speaker industry is somewhat limited in materials used for enclosure. MDF as a cheap and easy to process material. Recently aluminum is quite fashionable with many high end companies and carbon fiber is used for a long time by Wilson Benesch. There are a few manufactures who use various versions of mineral etc. filled composites but mostly these tend to be quite massive enclosures. Constraint layering could make lighter (less energy storage) but stiff and well damped structures but it is challenging to generate complex and interesting forms with that technique i.e. a lot of investment into new manufacturing processes (maybe 3d printing with different materials).
