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<blockquote data-quote="Immacomputer" data-source="post: 4273694" data-attributes="member: 570419">It helps because when an enclosure tries to flex, the panels are either trying to move in or out but each panel tries to move the same direction. If the panels are trying to flex in opposite directions (each both flexing either in or out) with something attached between them, they will counter each other out. It&#039;s basic physics at work.If you just put bracing on one panel at a time and doubling it like a double baffle, then you&#039;re really just mass loading it and raising the resonance point. If you put the normal to the panel surface, then you create a panel as thick for .75&quot; as the bracing panel is long (creating a T shape inside the enclosure). That form of bracing makes the panel very strong at that point and splits the flexing into the planes to the right and left of the brace. To get an idea of its effectiveness, think about watching a jump rope oscillate up and down. Then imaging somebody holding the jump rope right in the middle. From there, you would have two smaller jump rope oscillating sections but they wouldn&#039;t move up and down as far as it did when it was the entire rope. That&#039;s basically what happens in that kind of bracing.When it comes to a daily setup, bracing won&#039;t make a huge audible difference and may hurt or help on a meter but the variance will be pretty small. I brave to ensure the longevity of the life of the enclosure. A well braced enclosure will not have much panel vibrations and that means that the joints go through less stress which means then enclosure will last longer.That&#039;s just how I view it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immacomputer, post: 4273694, member: 570419"] It helps because when an enclosure tries to flex, the panels are either trying to move in or out but each panel tries to move the same direction. If the panels are trying to flex in opposite directions (each both flexing either in or out) with something attached between them, they will counter each other out. It's basic physics at work. If you just put bracing on one panel at a time and doubling it like a double baffle, then you're really just mass loading it and raising the resonance point. If you put the normal to the panel surface, then you create a panel as thick for .75" as the bracing panel is long (creating a T shape inside the enclosure). That form of bracing makes the panel very strong at that point and splits the flexing into the planes to the right and left of the brace. To get an idea of its effectiveness, think about watching a jump rope oscillate up and down. Then imaging somebody holding the jump rope right in the middle. From there, you would have two smaller jump rope oscillating sections but they wouldn't move up and down as far as it did when it was the entire rope. That's basically what happens in that kind of bracing. When it comes to a daily setup, bracing won't make a huge audible difference and may hurt or help on a meter but the variance will be pretty small. I brave to ensure the longevity of the life of the enclosure. A well braced enclosure will not have much panel vibrations and that means that the joints go through less stress which means then enclosure will last longer. That's just how I view it. [/QUOTE]

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