Box by Belunt

[Ricky616 10+ year member]

Nice box props to belunt. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

poop > MDF

 

[JohnBlayz142 10+ year member]

crap>mdf

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[dumple 5,000+ posts]

mines cooler lol just playin looks good another awesome box by an awesome guy

 

[jeremiah 10+ year member]

mines cooler lol just playin looks good another awesome box by an awesome gay

it is a good box

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

You should stain it...staining boxes = teh coolness.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

I still cannot understand in the least why people use plywoods over MDF in car audio. Seriously, it is a colossal waste of money. unless you have a huge enclosure, there is no point. You are only going to see advantages if it's true 13 ply anyway, which costs 3-4x more than MDF for only weight savings (you will never see the other benefits in car audio subwoofer enclosures). MDF has been used for years, and is still the #1 material used in home audio speakers made for production. Again, save your money, because unless you understand the reasons to use plys instead of MDF (which there are none in this case), you're throwing money away and costing the customer more.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

areyouserious?

crap>mdf

poop > MDF

Yep, none of you have any idea as to what you're talking about. Just because this forum has taken to using birch ply for some reason does not mean that the industry has changed in the least. Both have been around forever, and MDF still has the practicality benefits on its side.

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

if your shipping a box it should be made out of birch because the amount of money you save in shipping offsets the greater cost of wood

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

if your shipping a box it should be made out of birch because the amount of money you save in shipping offsets the greater cost of wood

Um, no, it won't in the least come close. Good BB ply can cost you around 65 dollars. 1/5 less weight does not equal 45 dollars less in shipping.

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

Again, baltic birch is a good material, but as I said, it's EXTREMELY expensive for benefits you won't see in car audio. The shit they sell at lowes is truly worthless because it's full of voids and is still 2x the price of MDF for only a drop in weight.

 

[Wkbdkid 10+ year member]

Thanks for all the kind words fellas //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. Ali you leave Linda outta this, that womans a saint ahahah. Here's a few more shots of this enclosure:

Looks like a big port, how many sq.in? Also Do you use anchors or something for the screws to hold the sub down?

 

[PV Audio 5,000+ posts]

If you all don't believe me:

http://www.woodnshop.com/hardwood/Baltic_Birch_Plywood.htm

60x60 = 3600 in^2 = 80+ dollars

49x97 (MDF) = 4753 in^2 = 20-22 dollars

Now, can you honestly sit there and tell me that you will recover all those losses when you are paying over 4x more for less material?

 

[jibberjive 10+ year member]

To Belnut, not hating at all cause that's a beautiful enclosure. So what kind of plywood was this enclosure made out of (baltic birch, etc), how many ply, and where did you buy it? If you don't mind me asking, how much did a sheet cost (you can PM me if you don't want to post it here)? Just curious as to why you chose to do the labrynth port shape with the 180 degree bends rather than an L (an L has less resistance to airflow, correct?)?

Does anyone have a pic of a car audio enclosure that someone made out of plywood and stained? I'm really considering the idea.

BTW, this is interesting. I've of course heard of using plywood, its benefits as well as its drawbacks, but never have I seen so much MDF hating. Then again I don't usually post here (I'm a CAFer, but I'm around here more often now because CAF is a little too full of the repetitive questions), so mabye this forum is just extemely biased to the plywood, so much as to degrade MDF. IDK

 

[jibberjive 10+ year member]

And do either of you have closer up pics of the screw speaker terminals? Are there special bolts that conduct better than others that need to be used?