Speakers in wooden box

[Jamesspeaker]

Hi experts.
I have a pair of Wharfedale 12.1.
I am considering building wooden boxes around sides, top and bottom giving 5mm clearance all around. Will this affect sound quality?
Many thanks for any advice.

 

[Holmz]

Why?

 

[Matt_Holland]

Hi experts.
I have a pair of Wharfedale 12.1.
I am considering building wooden boxes around sides, top and bottom giving 5mm clearance all around. Will this affect sound quality?
Many thanks for any advice.

Yes. How it will affect it? Who knows.

 

[Jamesspeaker]

Why: I have some rosewood that looks cracking (and bought light oak coloured speakers that don’t)

 

[Matt_Holland]

Why: I have some rosewood that looks cracking (and bought light oak coloured speakers that don’t)

Go for it. As long as the new cabinetry doesn’t sit forward of the speaker baffle any effects will be small. If you can make it tighter around the speakers, even better and if you could do rounded edges to reduce diffraction a little.

 

[MaxwellsEq]

You could try and make a sandwich with a heavy damping material completely filling the gap between between the new outer box and the original inner box.

Keep in mind that the tweeter will be higher as a result, which may alter your perception of the speaker.

 

[mhardy6647]

You could try and make a sandwich with a heavy damping material completely filling the gap between between the new outer box and the original inner box.

Keep in mind that the tweeter will be higher as a result, which may alter your perception of the speaker.

A very wharfedale-esque thing to do.

 

[Flaesh]

wharfedale-esque

Diamond-Evo 12.1-4.1=8.0

 

[mhardy6647]

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Diamond-Evo 12.1-4.1=8.0

No, silly! Not Wharfedale... I meant Wharfedale.
Double cabinets, with stuff in between for damping, was a Wharfedale thing back in the days when men were men and loudspeakers were something to be reckoned with!

source: https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/1961_radioshack_catalog.html pg. 56, annotated.

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/A...s/Audio-1961-Mar.pdf#search="wharfedale sand"

 

[Matt_Holland]

No, silly! Not Wharfedale... I meant Wharfedale.
Double cabinets, with stuff in between for damping, was a Wharfedale thing back in the days when men were men and loudspeakers were something to be reckoned with!

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source: https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/flipbook/1961_radioshack_catalog.html pg. 56, annotated.

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https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-Audio/60s/Audio-1961-Mar.pdf#search="wharfedale sand"

When you look at old audio magazines like this you realise that the hobby has been hijacked by complete lunatics.

 

[Timcognito]

Veneer is easier one can get it with heat melt glue already on it and all takes is an Exacto and a clothes iron.

 

[Jamesspeaker]

Nice

 

[mhardy6647]

Veneer is easier one can get it with heat melt glue already on it and all takes is an Exacto and a clothes iron.

ahem... and a good straightedge and a steady hand...

 

[Flaesh]

8341 box project https://www.audiosciencereview.com/...-of-my-beloved-wife.58364/page-5#post-2137155 ))

 

[olieb]

Hi experts.
I have a pair of Wharfedale 12.1.
I am considering building wooden boxes around sides, top and bottom giving 5mm clearance all around. Will this affect sound quality?
Many thanks for any advice.

Having rounded edges might improve the smoothness by reducing diffraction.
But changing the dimensions (too much) can throw off the FR a bit.
You could try to simulate the old and the new baffle to check for the impact of this measure with Jeff Bagby's spreadsheet.

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