There is more to the mater then the size of the front baffle. The speaker will not appear to have good imaging if the cabinet is noise ( has a lot of resonance ) . Many wide baffle speakers " very wisely " opt not to attempt to go in the bass. This makes for a cleaner sound and one where you can appreciate the imaging.
narrow and wide baffles and imaging
According to all the "professional" audio reviews that I've read over the last several years, narrow baffles are crucial to creating that so-desired pin-point imaging.
However, over the last few weeks, I've had the opportunity to audition Harbeth 40.2, Spendor Classic 100, Audio Note AN-E, and Devore O/93. None of these had deficient imaging; indeed I would go so far as to say that it was good to very good.
So, what gives? I'm forced to conclude that modern designs, 95% of which espouse the narrow baffle, are driven by aesthetic/cosmetic considerations, rather than acoustical ones, and the baffle~imaging canard is just an ex post facto justification.
I can understand the desire to build speakers that fit into small rooms, are relatively unobtrusive, and might pass the SAF test, but it seems a bit much to add on the idea that they're essentially the only ones that will do imaging correctly.
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My wider baffled 1977 DLK model 1, not so high end by today's standards, conveyed a wonderful sense of immediacy and realism, like I'm in the bar and the band is 20 feet away, while likely lacking the ultimate in 'resolution' and 'clarity'. My recently auditioned narrow- baffled Chane 2.4 MTM s presented a deep, holographic ambience, but some percussion, transients sounded off and artificial to my ears, a certain hollowness in part of the midrange. I don't think baffled width is any kind of determinant. |
The best imagining Infinity ever, was the IRS Beta’s with midrange, tweeter, and super tweeter baffle’less. http://product-images.highwire.com/12510183/1772-14.jpg But as far as highs having a 3 dimensional image, nothing touches my 360’ MP-02 Plasma Flame tweeters https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/V5sAAOSwCJxZ6PXy/s-l1600.jpg. Cheers George |
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