I think I might go with a cherry stain, as my main bass cabs are cherry. The way the color plays out is a little different than we normally might expect though, as it looks darker once sealed than the surface plies. I may well just give it a clear shellac coat and let that stand.
I was thinking more about the color of my studio monitors, they may have been cherry, as they did not seem much darker than the brown-ish grill cloth I used, but did seem darker than what cherry looks like on other plywood.
Just a quick render of what I'm expecting. The bracing is designed more with pipe resonances in mind than anything else. I may double-up the thickness on the braced pieces (.75" going to 1.5"), but there will definitely be gaps in between bracing sections so as not to overdamp the passive radiator action.
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Can't hurt to be more stiff, but doubt they would do anything regarding resonances, as any LF resonance would diffract around them, and HF resonance should be eliminated by the crossover.
Thanks art- My thinking is that if the frequency of the alternated bracing is high enough, there will be enough summed wave disruption to be meaningful (the resonances of concern would have to pass through the tube 2x, no way in heck they're going to be sufficient to excite the MDF passive) Certainly it's dramatic overkill so far as enclosure stiffness goes- I'm going to have about 50% of the layers as bracing, so it's a pretty meaningful amount of disruption.
Enough navel gazing, I suppose though- I'll simply have to build 'er and see. I'll run an impedance sweep once all's said and done and check for 80-120Hz ripple.
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