Hardboard..............what the_ _ _ _????

[N. Abstentia]

Do you really think your $200 Titans are made of 1" MDF?

Paradigms Monitor & Performance line are budget lines, so like 99.9% of the speakers in this category they are made from high density particleboard which is fine. It's more than likely the same stuff as the floor in your house. Do don't think twice about walking all over it day in day out, right? It's fine.

Do you really think you could hear the difference in the wood? Believe it not, you DON'T want to hear the wood. As long as the cabinet is built and braced properly you will never know the difference. The cabinet is only 1 piece of the equation also. The drivers, crossovers, and overall design are far more important than the wood that's used.

No need to be in shock, it's industry standard. If you want to worry about something, worry about those MTX speakers!

[oddeoowphil38]

Do you really think your $200 Titans are made of 1" MDF?

Paradigms Monitor & Performance line are budget lines, so like 99.9% of the speakers in this category they are made from high density particleboard which is fine. It's more than likely the same stuff as the floor in your house. Do don't think twice about walking all over it day in day out, right? It's fine.

Do you really think you could hear the difference in the wood? Believe it not, you DON'T want to hear the wood. As long as the cabinet is built and braced properly you will never know the difference. The cabinet is only 1 piece of the equation also. The drivers, crossovers, and overall design are far more important than the wood that's used.

No need to be in shock, it's industry standard. If you want to worry about something, worry about those MTX speakers!

No never thought my Titans were 1" mdf but I figured they at least were made out of 5/8" mdf. Particle board does worry me. The idea is to have a cabinet as acoustically inert as possible. True, any speaker in the $200 price range is gonna have some trade offs. Just surprised me a lilttle about the particle board used in the peformance and monitor series. BTW, I am getting rid of my MTX towers asap. And, I will be upgrading my speakers in the very near future as well. Be reassured the speakers I go with will be made out of at least 5/8" mdf if not 3/4" or 1".

[oddeoowphil38]

Oh forgot to mention I did not pay $200 for my Titans and I bought them brand new. Not even close to $200.

[Peter Duminy]

It is not quite as bad as it sounds. Here is a list a enclosure materials we tested when I was with the BBC Loudspeaker Research Dept in England a number of years ago.




I am not sure if anyone remembers the old Mission 70 Model. It was a "shoebox" type design made of particle board, and was only 0.25" thick, but with a super large block of acoustical foam for internal damping. Sound was remarkable for the price, and became a classic. IMHO, it is more how the material is implemented, and then damped internally.

[N. Abstentia]

Be ready to shell out a couple of grand if you want speakers made out of 1" MDF. You won't find any in the price range of the Titans..which I hope you didn't pay much over $200 for.

[oddeoowphil38]

Be ready to shell out a couple of grand if you want speakers made out of 1" MDF. You won't find any in the price range of the Titans..which I hope you didn't pay much over $200 for.

Couple Grand? Are you kidding me? The Ascend cbm-170 uses 5/8 " mdf and Home Theater Direct uses 3/4 mdf for their level 3's and neither or near two grand. Polk uses 3/4" mdf on their Rti series. Do you mean HDF? Aperion Audio uses 1" HDF for most of their speakers. Medium Density Fiberboard is somewhat expensive but not that expensive. Even Fluance uses 1/2" mdf on their speakers. BTW, paid considerably less than $200 for my Titans.

[N. Abstentia]

Well, sounds like you answered your question yourself. Go out and buy some Aperion Audio speakers since they use 1" MDF and you like the sound of 1" MDF.