This is rather a seeked point. The CC board assembly certainly does become stiffer because of the cross grain compression in the panel. What does it matter that a free floating panel which more compressed then another one experiences less of an increase in stiffness then is perhaps popularly believed ? Ron N wrote. Apparently not. Compressing the panel doesn't make it stiffer. it makes it more compressed, which makes the assembly stiffer because of the geometry of the assembly. and It was never the intent of makers of RC&S boards that they should sound exactly like CC boards. We want them to sound good, and the many CC boards out there that don't sound good are what drives the desire to try and eliminate the down-side. Dale said it well. We're trying to keep the best features of the CC board without their inherent problems and inconsistencies. ............ I would like to point out tho that Dale also stated that he prefered the <<sound>> of boards that had a some compression support of crown built into them. I dare say every soundboard manufacturer is trying to build a board that has the most positives and the least negatives. It is this last that is truely the core of such discussions... and as I've said many a time before... each is free and in their perfect right to pass whatever value judgements they desire.... for themselves. The attempt to try and define these as universal truths however will always fail... falling upon its own unreasonablness... expectedly enough. Cheers RicB
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