This is unfortunate and definately the first time someone has had such an issue since I've been on the forums. I'm sure that Axiom did lots of testing many years ago to design the bracket/inserts and test the capacity. MDF actually is totall fine for this application and used by most speaker manufacturers. Still, I would be interested to see what they tell you, have you contacted them yet?

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