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Are there speakers like this?

Three way design.
LF driver TL loaded or in compression enclosure (not any flavor of Bass Reflex).
MF driver not made of Kevlar, carbon/glass fiber, rather fabric soft dome, or some sort of polymer, etc., that is wide dispersion.
HF driver not made of any kind of metal, rather silk soft dome or similar, that is wide dispersion.
Or alternatively, some omnipolar design with such MF/HF drivers configuration and LF drivers in TL or compression enclosure.
And MSRP is not above 8K.
Candidates that almost meet criteria are for example PMC OB-1 (but they are not dispersive enough), or Mirage OMD-28 (but they are Bass Reflex).
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jameswei
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Sounds like the AR 3a.
amandarae
512 posts
 
Read this. Linkwitz Orions

Maybe it will meet your requirements.

Disclaimer: I am an owner
rockvirgo
587 posts
 
ADS L710 or L810
ngjockey
1,042 posts
 
Not lately.

The last 2 requirements are easy to find but acoustic suspension and trans-line seemed to go the way of the dinosaurs. Too bad.

How about some old Dunlavys?
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shadorne
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ATC speakers fit your bill exactly - second hand you may find a 50 or 100 close to your price. Much more dispersive than most other speakers (soft dome tweeter, 3" soft dome mid range).

I assume you don't want a reflex port because you worry that it will sound boomy below the port tuning or "chuff" with air movement at high levels. No worries....ATC's reflex port is NOT at all tuned to augment bass extension as in almost all other designs. The reflex port is tuned to control/protect driver at ultra LF and allows the use of a more efficient driver for high SPL and greater dynamic range.

If it is an aesthetic thing that you don't want a reflex port then the smaller ATC models don't have them (SCM 40 and lower)
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