stuffing SDAs with foam

ben62670
ben62670 Posts: 15,969
edited March 2007 in Vintage Speakers
I was looking at the different options for stuffing the SDA 1.2's with deadening material. Originally they came with poly stuffing, but I was considering using Egg crate foam. If I use egg crate foam should I cover all the walls with it? Should I combine polyfill with it in the mid Bass area? In stock speakers they they don't have anything in the lower half of my SDA2's.

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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited February 2007
    hard to answer, why not leave them as Polk built them?

    you may love or hate the changes the new filling will cauase

    but you will never know till you try
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2007
    yeah I agree, I was just looking to see if anyone has tried the foam, or if anyone could tell me about stock SDA1.2's
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2007
    monocoque

    soundcoat
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited February 2007
    These are spray on coatings?
    Should I use the polyfill in conjunction with the coatings to keep the boxes right?
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  • Polk65
    Polk65 Posts: 1,405
    edited February 2007
    Sorry, not spray coating but words to search the forum with (one word per search). There are a few posts that mention these and I thought it would be helpful with your labor of love.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2007
    Well I tried loosely stuffing my SDA-SRS with poly fill in the upper cabinet. Wow did it muffle the bass, and mids. Lost almost all the punch! unstuffed them and punch is back, hitting pretty hard, but not quite like when they were electronically crossed over. Next step is egg crate foam. After what I have seen I think that might rob some bass to, but it will keep the cabinet open.
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