Open baffle speakers

My all time favorite open baffle speaker is really an open back speaker.  It had a Jensen M 10 field coil (13”) driver running full range with a high pass to a tweeter helping way on top.  This was a killer good speaker, but the $30 k for a matched pair of M 10 drivers makes it pretty expensive.

I have some older spatials, never wanted for bass at all. I think the ear-brain needs burn in time to fully appreciate the difference in sound, especially the bass region. Was watching a a movie the other night and appreciating the bass response and realized my sub wasn’t even on. 

They’ve never really done it for me, but I’ve heard few.

Also, I am of the opinion that when sound is coming from the rear and bouncing willy-nilly about the room, it may give a sense of depth to the soundstage but can’t really be good for imaging compared to a nice closed-back point or line source, or even time-aligned speaker. But this is not something that you will pick up from a YouTube video recorded in the sweet spot. I’ve specifically blocked off the rear wave from my modified Heil AMTs and my speakers image outstandingly.

If you have good monitors, there are plenty of examples of open backs that you can listen to on (God Forbid!!!) YouTube. But also listen to similar quality closed baffle speakers because ultimately, your monitors have a lot to do with the sound, and you are listening to not just the speakers but for differences in the presentation of the sound between the open and closed back representatives.

@toddalin 

I used to know this guy he was from Turkey ,he believed just have a big single speaker a woofer.Well 2 of them .He just hooked up wires from the receiver to the speaker and had them just up against ,his equipment stand ,and just play them.The guy was great at fixing broken audio equipment. He said you don't need a speaker in a cabinet just lay it up....