In Reply to: Perforated speaker cabinets posted by Bill the K on June 23, 2024 at 04:42:45:
It seems unlikely to me, at least at low frequencies where box volume tunes the cabinet.
Transmission loss is dominated by stiffness below resonance, damping around resonance, and mass above resonance. The holes will reduce stiffness, and the granite will increase mass, so it should help above the resonance frequency and hurt below. Damping is hard to guess without knowing the specific panel material and installation method.
Typical panels resonate at a few hundred Hz. Of course the are multiple resonances above the first one, but the same rules apply to them too.
I hope that is helpful.
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- RE: Perforated speaker cabinets - Paul Joppa 08:33:06 06/23/24 (11)
- Ergo... Constrained layered damping has yielded superb results in my experience _nT - Cleantimestream 09:09:43 07/01/24 (10)
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- RE: Ergo... Constrained layered damping has yielded superb results in my experience _nT - Bill Fitzmaurice 04:12:58 07/02/24 (6)
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- RE: Ergo... Constrained layered damping has yielded superb results in my experience _nT - hahax@verizon.net 19:42:15 07/02/24 (2)
- RE: Ergo... Constrained layered damping has yielded superb results in my experience _nT - Bill Fitzmaurice 07:44:23 07/03/24 (1)
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