Open baffle speakers


Open baffle speakers design is the simplest , to get bass response similar to other design , like ported, the baffle size must be huge to avoid low frequency degradations . Tipical size the baffle   width 10-20"  got weak  bass performance.   I am wondering how open baffle speakers design became so popular ?

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agree for 100% to produce bass 30 Hz baffle size must be HUGE

Disagree. The Spatial Audio X3 with it’s powered 15" woofer could easily reach into the mid 20s with a baffle width of about 18". For all it’s other shortcomings, bass response and quality was not one of them.

 

I am getting an open baffle speaker in Dec. Do not know the name of it yet, but I heard half of it as a prototype in June (bass was missing). I have a lot of faith in the designer. I will be getting the smallest version which is made for recording studios monitoring consoles. That will also work on an office desktop though I will use stands.

My friend told me that his new speaker sounds better than my Yamaha NS5000 speaker that he heard and loved with my CODA #16 amp. I have my doubts about that but if it is in the same ballpark then that would be a home run for my office. His speaker can be driven by 8 watts so I will use the Schitt Aegir 20-watt Class A amp (for now).