Anyone Damp the insides of your Speaker Cabinets?

I suppose one way to look at it is that resonances always occur and a designer can chose their approach on they are managed or controlled as needed to get the desired results. How much is right or best is something of a subjective determination, part of managing the science in order to deliver the art in a pleasing manner. But there is no single one piece of art that works best for everyone all the time. Like most things audio, in the end, it all depends. There is no single right answer. Like wine, ice cream, and all that. If you buy a nice bottle of wine and are not 100% happy with the flavor, there are many ways to tweak it to make it "better".

I added dampening to my wine tonight; it tasted awful, but it does sound better;-)
Sorry Mapman, my jokes get worse as I get older, lol.

I've been reading a little bit on-line and trying to educate myself a little more on the topic. I'll report back as I learn more and experiment with my own speakers (frankensteined in wall speakers mounted in a phase tech speaker box).

If anyone has done this, and achieved a good result please chime in and let us know where you applied the dampening material and what you used.

Thanks everyone!

Correct term is "damping". Damping reduces resonances, dampening wets something. I'm pretty sure you'd never want to wet the insides of your speakers...

-RW-

Uh, I feel stupid...lol.

Thank you RW for nipping that in the butt for me ;-)

There's damping of a speaker's interior, like adding wool or fiberglass insulation. If judiciously done it really helps a speaker resolve itself and avoid ringing. If overdone it is readily audible as a lack of micro dynamics.

There's damping of a spekers internal cabinet walls to reduce cabinet vibrations, generally using Dynamat or automobile door daming materials. This can make much sense overall, but there's no replacement for a sturdy, thick, well braced cabinet to starty out with.

Then there's Black Hole 5, which effectively damps the cabinet walls while making the interior of the cabinet seem larger to the speaker, enhancing bass and mid-bass characteristics. However this too can be overdone.

Any or all of these might require an adjustment to the crossover to compensate for the different Q you will achieve, perhaps as easy as altering the tweeter resistor value, but it could need more tweaking. No way to know for sure unless you try it and listen.