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Originally Posted by JonMarsh

I'm still pondering whether I should just junk the HDF approach to the Isiris baffle and bite the bullet for phenolic, which is like the X material that Wilson Audio uses. OTOH, I wanted the project to be somewhat realizable by others without "Xtreme" measures.

My biggest grief with corian (other than the price) is the appearance. I don't like the glassy plastic look. There are some other materials that look better and might do the job as well.

http://www.ecodesignresources.com/e...ountertops.html
http://www.ecodesignresources.com/e...rison_Chart.pdf

This place is the bay area sells a bunch of alternative counter-top materials. My favorites are the ones made by Paperstone and Squak Mountain that look like slate. The pdf link has a comparison chart.