The reason many speaker manufacturers have thick/heavy cabinet materials and/or lots of internal bracing is because that's the most common way to minimize cabinet resonances. Axiom accomplishes this with the Anti-Standing-Wave cabinet design. The non-parallel sides prevent sound waves from bouncing back and forth between the side walls.


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