if the cabinet is made well, all should be ok. if the cabinet is junk, lining it with spanish cedar wont really do much good. I have seen plenty of awesome cabinets built from mohagony plywood.
dont confuse what spanish cedar is for in a desktop vs spanish cedar in a large cabinet. go back in history.
in desktops with passive humidification, a thick lining of spanish cedar helped with humidity. so the cigars, the spanish cedar, and the humidification device all played a roll in keeping humidity at the proper level. precise humidifiaction like a Boveda or beads did not exist years ago, the the presence of a thick spanish cedar liner was important. it also gave a nice smell. these days, with the boveda and beads, the spanish cedar is playing less of a roll in humidity accuracy.
now lets move to cabinets or large humidors. a lot of guys are using plastic igloos. they are not lined with cedar in most cases. just a few trays or boxes gives enough smell. and beads are giving you the accuracy in humidification. now if you use an accumonitor in a large cabinet, its the accumonitor thats really doing the work. your cigars and spanish cedar get to the proper humidity level after being conditioned by the accumonitor.
i am not saying that spanish cedar is bad, I am just saying that it isnt 100% needed. it tends to be more of a word used for marketing. just think of all the imported leaky desktops and cabinets that have the word "spanish cedar" all over the advertising.
