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Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there?

I understand that wood is cheap and a box is easier to make than a sphere but when the speaker companies charge tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars for their speakers, shouldnt consumers expect more than just a typical box? Are consumers being duped?

Back in the 70’s a speaker engineer found that a sphere was best for a speaker. A square box was the worst and a rectangular box was marginally better.

The speaker engineers have surely known about this research so why has it been ignored?

Cabasse is the only company doing spheres. Should wooden boxes be made illegal

kenjit

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kokakolia
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I’m going off topic here, but rounded shapes are preferable for living room decor. You’ll get very subtle anxiety in a room with only square shapes. It’s soothing to the mind and spirit to have more rounded shapes that you’ll likely encounter in nature.

It’s fine to have a few hard edges here and there, but you can break up the pattern with decor: pillows, candles, vessels, mirrors, plants, tables, plates, lamps, chairs etc...

I doubt that the square shape of a speaker is inherently desirable, it’s just practical.

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kokakolia
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@dynamiclinearity You can build the most complex shapes out of plywood and a CNC machine. Glue many layers of precision-cut plywood together and build a wavy 1/4 wave transmission line. Build a box around that transmission line. That’s how my speakers are made.

 

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