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Open Baffle. Why are they mostly limited to DIY?

I see a few hybrids from Vandersteen and Spatial Audio, but not much else. 
seanheis1
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veroman
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Another reason not mentioned is the imaging...most prefer what they know and an instruments sound, in stereo world, that seems to not come from a particular point bothers some...or at least i opine. i enjoy my 12" audio nirvana f.r. ob with a sub... i know its not high end but i think the sound is very lifelike with the music i prefer.  We have been sold on the idea of exact focal points and tbh in many live situations the sound is not at all 'stereophonic'. the return is correct time/phase alignment and a small set tube amp is more than enough. ymmv
bigkidz
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Alon, Nola have been around for a while also.  You can build your own field coil speakers and they will sound fantastic!
ejr1953
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I stopped into the DIY room at this year's Capital Audiofest and they had a low-powered tube amp driving an open baffle pair of DIY speakers, with a 12" Tannoy driver facing the listener, and an 18" down firing driver for the low bass.
I was really impressed with the sound they produced!  I asked the builder what he had in them and he said "about $1700", and further explained that the only reason the amount was so high is that Tannoy apparently doesn't sell individual drivers, so he had to purchase a pair of their speaker and remove the drivers from the cabinet.
Very impressive sound!  Even more impressive for the price!
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sthlm78
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I have a pair of Spatial M1 turbo and must say they are not power hungry! I am fan of concentric twitters and I like the bass too ! The only thing with OB is the size of drivers and not very dense sound like high end speakers! I think you should not judge OB speakers if you have not heard any good one!
seanheis1 OP
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Yeah I imagine that a lot of sound is lost due to cancellations, unless DSP is used. 
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