Does Plastic Make Decent Speaker Enclosure?

Does Plastic Make Decent Speaker Enclosure?

Though the majority believe that wood is generally the best material to use to build a speaker enclosure, wood has the disadvantages. The solid wood veneers are costly and particle board with vinyl wrap with fake wood grain looks just too tacky. Moreover, wood is difficult for production in shaping.

Over the years, numerous techniques were introduced to find the alternative material for speaker enclosure. The practical material is durable, light, economic, and also easy to work with to satisfy the market demand at the desired price as consumer audio electronics are mainstream, and the quantities are tremendous For example, mold-able materials that lower labor cost. At the same time, it provides aesthetic flexibility to eliminate the joint assembly, allowing for stylish shapes and consistency. Plastics have such advantages of easy molding in any shape, size and colors at low production cost.

There are several typically mold-able plastics that are popularly used in making speaker enclosures, such as high impact styrene (HIPS), Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), polypropylene(PP), Poly, PolyCarbonate (PC) and Polyethylene(PE).

Under the current technology, plastic enclosure offers decent acoustic characteristics. Example of plastic speaker enclosures include (but are not limited to):

• Portable speaker enclosure
• Bluetooth speaker enclosure
• Loudspeaker enclosure
• Outdoor speaker enclosure
• Outdoor subwoofer enclosure
• Stereo enclosure
• Audio speaker enclosures
• Car audio speaker enclosures
• Car subwoofer enclosures
• Truck subwoofer enclosures
• Truck speaker enclosures
• Vehicle specific subwoofer enclosures
• Jeep subwoofer enclosures
• Subwoofer enclosure
• Subwoofer cabinet
• Sub box enclosures

Right here at Light Venus, we have developed custom speaker enclosures the for a range of application, serving in the field of sports fields, stadiums, theme parks, swimming pools, themed restaurant. These speaker enclosures are roto molded from high density polyethylene (HDPE) to provide high quality music and voice reproduction with exceptionally weather resistance, withstanding all kinds of extreme environment conditions. Click here to learn more about the custom roto molding plastic speaker enclosures we have developed.