Jeff,
I read a number of the posts at the link you kindly provided, but came away with no understanding of the acoustic principles these designs are aimed at. Some of the cabinet bashing seems simple ignorance of acoustics. But at least I now understand that open baffle means parts of the enclosure are absent, not that the baffle itself is open in the general case. Of course, any of us who have played with speakers or considered their physics knows they can be operated without a baffle, but the frequency range will be attenuated by cancellation.
db
I read a number of the posts at the link you kindly provided, but came away with no understanding of the acoustic principles these designs are aimed at. Some of the cabinet bashing seems simple ignorance of acoustics. But at least I now understand that open baffle means parts of the enclosure are absent, not that the baffle itself is open in the general case. Of course, any of us who have played with speakers or considered their physics knows they can be operated without a baffle, but the frequency range will be attenuated by cancellation.
db