^ I wasn't specifically trying to hammer you dude.

I have been through this same argument an embarassing number of times with many industry "professionals" who preach the virtues of 'sealing' the wood in a box for improved sound/spl. It's a load a crap I say! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

 

not onlt ia, wasted byut iam drunk tooo, seaking the mddff is a waste iof time like 17 shirts of tequila, mdf is not porous enuf to woory abut, just build it ormal yer good to go!

Soory its my fricking buithrthaday

 

^ Well you can't get any more definitive an answer than that eh?

 

I only suggested to resin it to give it an overall seal.. Honestly, if it was a true enclosure, there would be so many braces in there, the resin would be mostly used to help hold them all in place..

I can't wait to start my spare tire well enclosure.. it's been keeping me up nights in the design stage..

What was that GM slogan? Solid is a Rock??

As for the breathability of MDF. Though I have fallen prey to the belief that it can breath in the past, I have to go with Dukk and his explanation that it doesn't breathe adequately. Again, I refer back to the fact that most people don't properly brace their enclosures, and that allows for more panel movement than would occur due to losses through the MDF.

A coat of resin can't hurt, no matter what...

 

^ Amen to the bracing issue brother. [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]

 

Thought that one would put a smile on your face Dukk-man!

I love seeing what home audio manufacturers do for bracing in their loudspeakers. Just looking at the B&W Prestige Nautilis makes me all excited. So does this...



And that's not even close to overkill...

 

^ Looks like the matrix inside all the B&W 800 series speakers. THAT's some know how on bracing..

 

Take a huff of the Elmers dude

The individual chambers are too small to have any effective tuning. That and the wood is 1/4 or 3/8" and each chamber is usually stuffed with open cell foam.

B&W doesn't mess around [img]graemlins/thumb.gif[/img]