Why are there so many wooden speakers?


I have noticed a problem within the speaker industry. 99% of speakers that come onto the marketplace are wooden, i.e MDF.
 
This is true of old speakers and new speakers. This is true of Dynaudio, B&W, Elac, Kef, revel, PMC, Focal, ATC the list goes on and on. This is a longstanding problem that has been deceiving audiophiles for decades and it requires a solution. 

The problem with a wooden box is that no matter what crossover or drivers you use, it will still sound like a wooden box. 
There is a limit to the sound you can get out of a wooden box so it is not possible to improve the sound just by using different drivers. Despite this, every year or two, the aforementioned companies put new speakers on the market claiming that they sound even better than what came before. In conclusion, we are being misled. 

I have no problem with MDF boxes per se. MDF is a good material to use. But if you want to make an even better speaker then you obviously need to use a better material. You cant use the same material and say you have made a better speaker. Thats false. 

Let's take the B&W 600 series for example. This is a series that has been going on for decades. 

Here is the latest speaker from their current series

https://www.bowerswilkins.com/home-audio/607

There is no mention of what wood is used but I'm pretty sure its MDF. All they talk about is their continuum woofer and dome tweeter that goes up to 38khz. No mention of even improvements to the crossover let alone the cabinet.

I believe that this has gone on for long enough and audiophiles deserve better treatment. I don't know if a class action lawsuit is the answer but something needs to change.
kenjit
Thiel used thick pieces of real wood; at least that is what I have been told.  Most of their users seem to be really happy with them.
@kenjit, my speakers use hdf and aluminum, if you don't like mdf then only buy from manufacturers that use other materials.  if enough people do that then the others will switch to new materials or go out of business.
magico and yg acoustics will be glad to take your business. 
Making the same speakers out of different materials and testing them would be poor engineering. Every time you change the material you change the material properties. Young's Modulus, density, and Poisson Ratio will be different, and so will the resonant frequencies of the design. You need to define materials up front, then design the speaker, not the other way around.
-Geoff
Back in 1977 I read spherical enclosures have lower diffraction. So I made spherical enclosures for my tweeters and mid-ranges out of polystyrene bead-board. For the 8" woofers I made hollow spheres out of particle board. I covered the woofer enclosures with 0.25" of felt. I have a big foot sub-woofer I made from plans in an Audio magazine. I suspended the six spheres from the ceiling in the basement using ropes. The drivers are time aligned. I painted the tweeter and mid-range enclosures with gray paint last year so they are close to the same color as the woofer enclosures. The system still works well. I currently have it hooked up to a Yamaha PSR-190 keyboard. The crossovers are external to the speakers. I got help from Bob Ludwig in St. Louis on the design of the crossovers. It has nice inductors and capacitors. Wylie Williams said it was a labor of love. It is one of my good systems. I have ten systems. Another good on has two pairs of Magnapan 1.7i speakers spread out in a big room with two Velodyne subs. Polystyrene bead-board is non-resonant is my point.