Why? Do you know it to be a poor choice of materials- results in lower Q sound?
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Speakers and Turntables Made With MDF
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stereogeek
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I used to spend many hours with Mike at his shop listening to different wood blocks and stuff . He modified a bunch of gear for me , the first one was an Aragon 4004 Mk2 . After Mike modified it , the results were stunning . It was smooth , detailed and the glare it had was gone . When I looked inside I found different wire on the power plug , damping material on the chassis and different kinds of wood glued inside the top cover . He showed me many things , one of them was that more expensive parts don't always sound better , it always depends on what the system needs . His system used Century 100 woofers in their stock enclosures , a sub that I don't remember the name of and a pair of Chinese monitors that he modified . All of his electronics were either modified or built by him . This crazy system put pretty much all of the high end systems I have heard to shame . I miss hanging with Mike as he had many interesting views on audio ( which he can prove ) and life . Last I heard he was living in an apartment above a recording studio somewhere . If someone knows more please share . Cheers all .I have not heard anything from or about Mike for a long time. Last I remember was a article where he tuned a reviewers room with a sculpture like structure made from various types of wood.
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Another Mike story . Mike developed a DAC using a cheap $125 Audio Alchemy Dac In The Box . It was a single bit processor and a tiny wall wart for a power supply . He built an enclosure that housed the dac , a robust power supply and a tubed analog output stage . The two tubes stuck out through the top so you could tube roll to your hearts content . It pretty much wiped the floor with almost any dac of that time period . It was called The Chorus due to the many voices it could have . I used this dac with a PS Audio Lamda transport that had a highly modified power supply . I learned that the power supplies and analog output stages had much more to do with the sound than the specs or what chipset was used .