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SamV 
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Just having some quotes to make up 4x Fane 200l cabs, prices coming back vary between £350 to £400 incl vat and delivery.
Is there a difference between Russian, Latvian and Baltic Birch ply? All 3 are 13 lams per 18mm thickness. All to B/BB grade. |
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SamV
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Posted: 19 September 2018 at 12:37pm |
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PS - All come in at cheaper than I can buy the material myself and charge about 20-90p per cut.
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Posted: 19 September 2018 at 4:06pm |
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Not really, they're all practically the same.
The only real difference is the Scandinavian Birch Ply which is very nice but over kill really for Speaker cabs.
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Posted: 19 September 2018 at 5:36pm |
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Its hard to say without seeing the sheets, it vairys, ive been told that a lot of what is sold as Baltic birch is actually Russian anyway... You should be fine normally.
Latvian birch is generally a bit tighter i recon, less voids and patches, the only times ive had voids in birch its been Russian (and slightly cheaper) but ive had plenty of good Russian Birch. |
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Posted: 19 September 2018 at 5:50pm |
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To me Baltic Birch Ply was always the umbrella term for Russian and Latvian Ply (they're Baltic countries).
Didn't realise folks were classifying them separately.
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Posted: 20 September 2018 at 3:59am |
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That is what I thought too but Russian seems to be cheaper than "Baltic".
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Posted: 20 September 2018 at 7:00am |
In the Netherlands we usually talk of Finnish birch ply as the standard.
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Posted: 20 September 2018 at 8:36am |
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It really depends. Russian birch can varry a bit in quality, but if you can find a source with good one, then you are on the win. Because Siberian birch is stronger then the "Baltic" birch.
My worst experience was Ukraine birch.
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