Are carbon fiber speaker cabinets inherently better than wood or metal ones

The Blades were initially intended to be made of carbon fiber but they switched to fiberglass, probably due to costs and degree of difficulty 

Carbon fiber resonates at an extremely high frequency which are very easy to control and isolate and direct away from the large and very thin drivers. You have to know what you are doing however. 

Well I would say yes. Carbon fiber cabinets have a huge advantage over other materials...Sound/energy coming off the back of the drivers should be directed away from the thinnest part of the speaker which is the cone. Carbon fibers when done properly are alined to direct the energy away from the drivers. Energy travels thru them at an astonishingly high rate of speed, from memory it is about 18 thousand feet per second. Wood is about 500 feet per second. 

Carbon fiber resonants at a very high frequency, as we know high frequencies are easy to dampen...ping a fine wine glass and then simply put your finger on the rim to stop the vibration. Heavy cabinets vibrate a lower frequencies and thus are much more difficult to dampen as well as taking more time to dampen, thus the hangover or lag, 

Wilson Benesch has done so much research and development. Check out their site for more info. 

Westheadley 

So If I am reading your response I would sum it up to simply say you know nothing about it. 

It can be difficult to grasp the true benefits of carbon fiber as used to make speaker cabinets. Perhaps the stand out feature is that the low bass back waves off the larger drivers moves through the carbon fibers at a very high rate of speed and with the fibers correctly aligned will be directed away from the thinest part of the cabinet, the cone.  The fibers vibrate ( resonate ) at an extremely high frequency. 

Not sure what good this does? Well if you have a nice wine glass give it a ping. Now simply touching the glass with your finger quickly dampens the sound. This demonstrates how composite cabinets work best. The composite material does not have to be any high tech product, rather simply a material with a difference resonance point. 

Adding braces adds more mass which is similar to poring a thick concrete slab to store solar energy. Then it is released slowly...not so good. 

BPB24 

Incorrect. Total BS. 

Please tell the readers why the Stealth planes that are designed to avoid radar are made from Carbon fiber. Please tell us. 

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