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What exactly is a speaker box sound?

In another thread the comment was made that all speakers with baffles cause them to have edge diffraction effects which makes it easy to hear the speaker itself, instead of the music.

Maybe I'm spoiled but it's been a very long time since I have heard this effect in real life.  What speakers have you heard lately which sound exactly like speakers instead of music?

erik_squires
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russ69
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Most good designs try to minimize the diffraction effect, you'll mostly lose imaging and depth. 

kenjit
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I haven't heard the effects of edge diffraction

How would you know that unless you heard both a speaker with and without diffraction?

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yoyoyaya
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@kenjit - summed up precisely. End of conversation!

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curiousjim
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Older bookshelf speakers ( the seventies) never sounded right to me, that’s why I switched to panel speakers. Today I have a new pair of KEF speakers and a set of panels. The KEF’s don’t sound boxy, but the panel speakers still have a better midrange.

secretguy
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The best way to recognize boxy sound, is to hear a speaker that doesn't have it. It's the rare "AHA" moment.

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