Open Baffle Experience

There are open baffle speakers and then there are open baffles speakers. One can’t judge all by listening to one, or even a few. Case in point: I came across the video on a preview of a review over at 6moons of Qualio Audio IQ open baffle (for the mids and highs) and I must say, if I had the room, I’d get them.

Now, his room isn’t treated and the head of Qualio admits as much, saying he’s gonna get some carpets and room treatment but the music I hear is astonishingly good, despite the echos. Here’s the video:

All the best,
Nonoise

Check out the simple system he’s using as well. I feel this system destroys a lot of audio shibboleths that we all adhere to.

It’s a video??? You can’t say it destroys anything. That’s just ridiculous. 

Of course I can say that. 

It's a well recorded video and if you have a half way decent computer rig, you can easily hear the possibilities. He's using just a laptop feeding into an Denafrips Aries 2 DAC into a Naim Supernait 3 integrated with no power conditioning, footers, room treatment, etc. and the sound it's producing is great. 

But, to each their own as the saying goes.

All the best,
Nonoise

These Lindström Audio open baffles were really good. The price were around $10k in Sweden and it was one of the best speakers I heard that day (a small local Audio ahow).

Lindström Audio ISO 85 speakers, Viva amp and Revox tape deck.

https://imgur.com/gallery/CknCJ4P 

Obituary. I heard his open baffle speakers ( https://www.linkwitzlab.com/LX521/LX521_4.htm ) at the Seattle audio festival last summer and was impressed.