Direct or Reflect ... What's your flavor
Was thinking about this from another thread. When we think of a basic speaker we usually think of monopoles. That is, speakers with a single baffle or plane from which sound emanates out of to the room, but as long as I can remember there are examples at all price ranges of speakers designed specifically to reflect, or whose basic construction forced rear or side reflections. Among the "forced to reflect" categories:
- Electro static speakers (Martin Logan, Sanders, etc.)
- Open Baffle / di-pole
Then we have ambient reflectors, which I include:
- Bose 901 and smaller direct/reflecting models
- Snell with their rear tweets
- Wilson
- Probably numerous others
Let be clear though, NONE of these ambient reflectors are accurate. None of these latter elements can be called a way of credibly and accurately increasing the transmission of information from the recording to our ears. To my mind these are all in the land of bass shakers. They add some pizzazz and excitement, and perhaps an illusionary venue.
So, still, for your music and tastes, who has gone with di-poles or ambient reflecting speakers and never looked back?
