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Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle?

I often regret not buying old Snell A/III when I had the money and the space.

One of my all time favorite speakers. By now I'd have certainly had to throw it away. I'd not have the space, and those woofers with extra mass would long ago have pulled out of their frames.

One thing you don't realize unless you go looking for the pics, or owned one, was that the tweeter and midrange of these  speakers were, in my mind, very wide baffle designs. Yes, curved, but very wide.

Another Speaker I like, which I believe is based on a Snell design, is the Audio note AN/J, also has a relatively wide baffle, as do the Devore Orangutan. Of course, among my all time favorite speakers is the Sonus Faber Stradivari, a speaker I know can sound excellent even in acoustically challenged rooms.

What do you all think, have you heard the wide baffle magic?
erik_squires
erik_squires OP
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We can also, arguably, put the Focal utopia line in this category.

Let us know, @murphythecat 
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twoleftears
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Let's not forget the Sonus Faber Stradivari and Cremona Elipsa.


@prof 

Both those speaker lines seem to produce a richer/fuller-than-usual sonic presentation, where instruments have more size and sense of body.

You put into better words exactly the impression that I was trying to name when I was listening to the Classic 100's.  For my own personal shorthand I came up with "music launch", in that somehow just more of the music seemed to be arriving at the listener. But I prefer your formulation.


erik_squires OP
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Let's not forget the Sonus Faber Stradivari and Cremona Elipsa.


I did in fact mention the Stradivari in my Op. :)

Also, Genesis IRS count!

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Also the Troels Gravesen Poor Mans Strad kit speaker.
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twoleftears
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Anyone here ever hear the Trenner and Friedl Isis?
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