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Originally Posted by Sideband
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The thing with wood is, every piece is different. It's a natural product and its density, moisture content, absorbancy etc etc can vary even for pieces cut from the same chunk. Now given the extent to which the audiophool is attempting to 'gild the lilly', leaving no stone unturned in his quest for perfect sound, this rather shoots him in the foot when it comes to the use of wood in many places in hifi equipment. Particularly so where wood is used for cartridge housings costing thousands of pounds. It's just not a repeatable material compared to man made ones that can be produced to be exactly the same over many years of production, thus maintaining specification.