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What is your favorite material for loudspeakers?

So what is your preferred choice for loudspeaker cabinet materials and finish? Veneers, Laminates,Metals, Carbon, Solid hard woods, Partical board, birch plywood. Plastic coats,Plastic,Aluminum, Paint,Lacquers, French polish, Oil? So pick your cab material, veneer or other, finish choice what even you like? For me birch plywood with veneer and french polish. Whats your choice?
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rodman99999
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The BEST cabinet is AIR, +1! I did replace the side rails on my Maggies with solid walnut, finished with Tung Oil though.
rodman99999
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Mr Sounds- Yes, Tung Oil is great stuff and when applied with the bare hands: The body heat opens the grain a bit for an even deeper finish. Excellent way to bond with whatever you are finishing(gun stocks, audio cabinetry, etc). No problems with my planars and woofers. I've been actively bi-amping my systems with a pair of transmission line woofs for over 28 years now. The TLs can now stay in the corners(where woofers belong) and are aligned in the time domain by my TacT RCS 2.2X. I've always used TLs with my planars because the cone is basically unloaded, and can move fast enough(with a high slew rate/high damping factor amp) to provide a seamless crossover point. Do you ever spend any time in Indianapolis?
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