What's the deal with acrylic panels for enclosures? Are they better than wood? (1 Viewer)

[Javier_Huerta]

I've read a couple of comments where people imply that using acrylic (plexiglas?) enclosures can add dB's to the frequency response.

Is this true? Can I just add a plexiglas panel to my box and have it sound better automatically? I could do it... my subs magnet is kinda pretty

Thanks for your help!

 

[Tim Morton]

The short answer is ...No.

 

[Jack Gilvey]

It was a joke.

 

[Javier_Huerta]

Jack... !!! A comment like that can make a newbie design 4 boxes out of plexiglas!!!!

Thanks!

Javier.

 

[Brett DiMichele]

Javier,

Yeah we came off with some pretty convincing information
why it did... But it was all BS

 

[Anthony_Gomez]

Come on people...Didn't my comment on needing "Yesterdays Light" not trip an alarm?

 

[Brett DiMichele]

LOL


Seriously though... I heard that Using Goat Foreskin as
a membrane for a tweeter is far superior than any natural
silk or doped cloth available.. The only problem is that
it's hard to harvest.. When you come at the goat with
a pair of sharp scisors they tend to run, fast...

Bwahahahah!

 

[Dan Hine]

I heard that Using Goat Foreskin

That's just wrong on so many levels....

 

[Brett DiMichele]

Dan,

I know.. But hey look at it this way... It gives the Hill
Billies something ta do on the weekends.. YeeeeeHAW!

 

[Hank Frankenberg]

Right - I can't begin to go into the downside complexities of goat foreskin tweeter domes. You may have noticed that I've long touted the superiority of the foreskin of the Tibetan Yak. Incredible soundstage.

 

[Anthony_Gomez]

The only problem with the Foreskin tweeters is when the really large resonance peak rears its ugly head.

 

[TimForman]

OK guys, I think you're scaring Javier.

 

[Javier_Huerta]

I want my mum.