Pine wood cabinet

[palesha]

I am buiding 2.1 system for my computer. I want to use pine wood for making satellite speakers & MDF for subwoofer. Guide me in the matter.
Mahendra Palesha

 

[GRollins]

I wouldn't recommend the use of any kind of plank wood for speakers, just composite stuff like MDF or similar products. The idea being that composite products are more acoustically dead.

Grey

 

[rolfy72]

palesha take a look in the "introductions" forum thread, I have a pic of some "pine"(baltic) PC speakers
AS GRollins said above, they are MDF (12mm) with pine on the outside(15-16mm), thats over 1 inch thick!(no internal bracing)

 

[Eric]

I built my first pair of speakers (long time ago) out of pinewood because it was cheap and easy to work with. Within the first 5-10 years, the pinewood began to dry, split, and warp. My sealed cabinet was no longer sealed, not to mention the resonance problems pointed out by Grey above...