[Owen Bartley]

I was reading a little bit about bracing recently, and have come to believe that my Monitor 7 speaker cabinets (and probably the Mini Monitors too) are probably really not ideally braced. I'm just wondering if it would be worth opening them up and adding a cross brace or two, and maybe some corner bracing... or would it mess with the factory tuning and sound too much?

 

[Owen Bartley]

Good point. I am happy with them, just wondering if I can make them sound even better, and I've read about others improving their commercial cabinets before.

(obviously not an engineer)

 

[Owen Bartley]

That sounds like a plan. Thanks Frank!

 

[Owen Bartley]

I was concerned about that too Jacen, and I wouldn't want to either lose some of the low end, or otherwise mess up the sound, so unless I really can tell a difference, I think I'll just leave well enough alone.

 

[Owen Bartley]

Ahh, there we go, I was wondering when someone would inject the mandatory Shack craziness into this thread. Thanks Ben!

Frank, to be completely honest, I was just sitting staring at my speakers one night after working on the sub, when the idea popped into my head that they could probably use some extra bracing. I did a quick knock test, and there are some areas where there's a more hollow, echo-y sound, and I figured I'd look into it. Now I'm actually considering clamping 2 panels of MDF or something around the sides to see if I can tell a difference. One day when I'm bored and curious I'll mock it up and take some pictures to share along with my listening opinions. Part of me still wants to do it just to know that they're more sturdy, and just let the placebo effect do its job.

 

[Owen Bartley]

Ben, stability is overrated!

And fbov... you've been spending too much time with Ben!!