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How thick should the front baffle of speakers be?

Some manufactures advertise or hype a thick front baffle, two layers of MDF,  if the woofer is as thin as  paper cone how could it change anything. Could be just hype
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erik_squires
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While I think solid construction is important, another sometimes overlooked thing is keeping the speaker from moving in 3 dimensions. A woofer can make the whole speaker rock back and forth. YMMV of course depending on the mass of the speaker, but a cheap tweak is often simply to add mass to the top of a speaker.

Tall skinny speakers benefit the most. It's pretty amazing.

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erik_squires
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The woofer should move, but no other part of the speaker! :) I think that it matters to some degree. A woofer exerts tremendous force on the cabinet. Any flexing in the front baffle could lead to Doppler-like effects as well as additional, unintended sound sources. The ideal speaker's output is ONLY from the drivers. This is different than a musical instrument where the strings or membrane AND the body resonate together.

MDF is cheap though. :)

Best,

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