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Old Mar 17, 2005 | 02:04 AM
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Here's a question for you people.
For use as acoustic insulation in a cabinet, which would you rather use, and why? Cleaned and carded sheep's wool, or Dakron polyfill ,or acoustic tile/matting ?
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 08:44 AM
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what typ of box?
ported i like sleep skin (cleaned wool) better bass for SQ

also you told me
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 12:55 PM
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I use polyfill although I'm sure using cleaned sheep's wool has a bit of an audiosnob appeal to it but polyfill is cheap to buy and find.
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 09:28 PM
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If anyone can hear the difference between polyfill and wool I will buy them lunch!

I might try a mix of crumpled up newspaper and old oily rags......should sound great.
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 11:47 PM
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the oily rags will stat a fire that will light the papper it will sound great for the firemen as they hear what a sub sounds like when its on fire
and where i'm i going for lunch becouse you can hear the difference between the two
WOOL IS THE WAY TO GO
Old Mar 17, 2005 | 11:52 PM
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You can hear the difference?

Lets do a double blind test.

I have wool in my pillow top, I know it is the way to go in that application!
Old Mar 18, 2005 | 01:50 AM
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I forgot to mention Laundry Dryer Lint
I'm not just talking for subs here.
I think the biggest diff. is in the mid-bass/midrange area. There seems to be more coloration with synthetics IMO, no [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img] .
Double blind test [img]graemlins/boring.gif[/img] 'eh? .., I'm getting hungry .

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Old Mar 18, 2005 | 09:54 AM
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Polyfill -- won't the wool absorb moisture?

As for double blind tests... unless both boxes are loaded into the car on an a/b switch with matching levels, the test is invalid -- in car response varies too much for the showroom to matter.



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