I recently went to an electronic store to check out stereo systems and was told the model with wooden speakers was better than some of the other models. I've been wondering why this is so. Any explanations?
2007-05-19 12:47:26 · 15 answers · asked by jreeses2673 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
wood resonates with a nicer sound.. plastic buzzes.
2007-05-19 12:49:59 · answer #1 · answered by DSatt57 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wooden Speakers
2016-11-15 00:07:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-05 07:13:21 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just graduated from school and I study audio. I once took a class with focus on speaker, amps, and microphone. In this class we learned the components of speakers and how they work. I will keep this explanation simple. As in other answers the density of wood is better than lighter material that may resonate or vibrate with the sound produce by the speaker. A really good speaker in a bad cabinet will not sound so great. The material of the cabinet affects the bass and no so much the highs. A Good speaker is usually made of heavy or dense material (wood). Why? because speaker produce sound in two ways, out the front, what you hear, and out the rear. Good speaker cabinets separate the two sound waves so they don’t cancel each other out. When they cancel you lose base. The best speaker cabinets would be made of cement, but that would be to heavy and hart to repair.
What are you using the speakers for. Wood is not the only effective baffle. A lot of nice speaker are made of various types of plastic and sound really nice. The BEST advise I can give and the bottom line is this; How do they sound. I know sound guys that will argue all day about the best pair of speakers. Depending on what you using them for the material they are made from is not that important, the sound is. Always listen to speaker before you buy, maybe you can play your cd.
Be careful because the world of electronic is very much like the automobile business, sales person are on commission and will sell you on price not quality. So listen for yourself and let you ears decide. Let me know if you have more question or what speakers you are thinking about purchasing.
2007-05-19 15:56:01 · answer #4 · answered by Infinite Wisdom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-23 21:38:56 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a speaker salesman, I will give you a few tips.
Generally, solid wood is just about as bad as metal or plastic. This is because while the wood is heavier, and will not resonate and vibrate as much, it is naturally grown and therefore impossible to make uniform in structure, causing the accoustics to be off.
Wood vaneer or laquor (depending on taste) over MDF is really the way to go to get the best sound.
All of this however is VERY dependant on what you are doing with the speakers, and how much you want to spend. A pair of $300 towers is going to sound like a pair of $300 towers, I don't care if they are made out of styrofoam, peanut brittle, or Kryptonite. If you are going to Best Buy, Sears, or even Tweeter or that kind of place, you aren't generally looking at stuff that is of sophisticated enough composition for it to make a diference.
On the off chance anyone is looking at this and considering some sort of commercial application, THAT is when having the metal, or preferably plastic, speakers isthe right thing to do.
2007-05-20 14:22:42 · answer #6 · answered by gregghalecki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can get into theories but the best way to look at it is the instruments themselves that provide us our music. How many fine musical instrument are out there are made of plastic, iron or steel? The finest violins in the world are the Stradivarius and what are they made of? Finely tuned wood. The finest acoustical guitars are once again made of finely tune wood. Even the best Gibson electric guitars are made of finely tuned wood. Today's big money in entertainment has us thinking that these car stereos with their very limited acoustics are acoustically accurate. Today's, young peoples ears are fooled by what is acoustically accurate is really toying with their hearing into thinking something sounds good when all they are doing is tricking our hearing with big distorted bass. There was a time when a Macintosh was not a computer but in fact the power amp for the best sound money could buy and Electro Voice was the best wooden speaker money could buy. It is to bad you will never get to hear one of those stereo systems.
2007-05-19 20:48:58 · answer #7 · answered by Shellback 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plastic and metal are no good.
Most speakers (even high-end Paradigms) use at least 3/4" thick MDF (medium density fiberboard), they then place a real wood veneer (paper thin slice of wood) on them. High-end speakers will also sometime use 1.0" thick MDF for the front baffle (where the actuall speakers are mounted).
Lots of companies will add metal or plastic facades to dress them up.
But in general, 3/4" MDF is used for its constant (never changing) characteristics as an enclosure.
2007-05-19 15:22:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi .What has been said by the others is absolutely right.Also wood is easier to work with to achieve the correct shape of the speaker cabinet that the manufacturer wants for his speaker(s) Wood also helps to absorb some rear speaker bass radiation inside the cabinet.as it is more inert.
The only material that would be better than wood is concrete but somehow i don't think it will catch on for obvious reasons!!!
2007-05-19 15:40:58 · answer #9 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Gotta love Cerwin Vegas
2016-03-19 08:38:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-09 00:16:41 · answer #11 · answered by Rehaddeed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋