Is damping material necessary for a speaker having such a small cabinet volume?


I installed a 6 -1/2 inches 2 way "wall speaker" in a 18-1/4 " by 14-1/2 " by 3-1/2 inches deep... just wondering if the sound could be improved by adding some damping material in an enclosure that size....
rayloaudio

Showing 1 response by geoffkait

Generally speaking most speakers have way too much fiberglass or polyester, whatever stuffed into them, who knows why? It might be a case of monkey see, monkey do. Excellent results, in terms of bass performance, dynamics, and open transparent sound, can be obtained by removing all stuffing save for a small grapefruit size ball, depending on volume of the speakers. For small speakers I would give consideration to removing all (rpt all) stuffing. Hollow fiber wool is the best material for such applications.