Potential subwoofer enclosure material

wattz · 28th April 2005, 06:54 AM

One of my friends works for the kitchen counter top business. He sells this solid acrylic product called "Meganite" www.meganite.com Appartently he claims that it could be used for speaker enclosures because of it's strength and acoustical properties. I checked it out and it's about 1/2" thick and incredibly strong and dense. Not to mention there's all kinds of colors. The only drawback is that it's pretty expensive at retail prices.

Despite the cost. Anyone think that this can be used for building subwoofer enclosures?

Stocker · 28th April 2005, 07:38 AM

Almost anything will make a decent enclosure, braced properly or engineered for strength. If you can get a decent price on a color pattern you like, go for it.

simon5 · 28th April 2005, 08:30 AM

This could be used for sure. Alot of people use normal acrylic to build subwoofer boxes. I doubt it will be better than wood, but I don't know.

planet10 · 28th April 2005, 08:41 AM

Looks like the same kind of material Corian is... it has been used in speakers to good effect but is expensive.

dave

28th April 2005, 06:54 AM	#1
wattz diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto	Potential subwoofer enclosure material One of my friends works for the kitchen counter top business. He sells this solid acrylic product called "Meganite" www.meganite.com Appartently he claims that it could be used for speaker enclosures because of it's strength and acoustical properties. I checked it out and it's about 1/2" thick and incredibly strong and dense. Not to mention there's all kinds of colors. The only drawback is that it's pretty expensive at retail prices. Despite the cost. Anyone think that this can be used for building subwoofer enclosures?

28th April 2005, 07:38 AM	#2
Stocker diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Austin	Almost anything will make a decent enclosure, braced properly or engineered for strength. If you can get a decent price on a color pattern you like, go for it. __________________ Jesus loves you.

28th April 2005, 08:30 AM	#3
simon5 diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Québec, Québec	This could be used for sure. Alot of people use normal acrylic to build subwoofer boxes. I doubt it will be better than wood, but I don't know. __________________ DIYaudio for President !

28th April 2005, 08:41 AM	#4
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 4	Looks like the same kind of material Corian is... it has been used in speakers to good effect but is expensive. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

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