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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@coltrane1 I have read posts with people talking about Don Sachs, Decware, Dennis Had, et al. I never paid too much attention since they did not work for my power-hungry speakers, Magnepan Mini and Yamaha NS5000. However, now with the open baffle that I am getting a new world of listening opening up.

I just ordered a pair of the Lii Song Liionidas with the Platinum 10 driver. 

As Tom Petty once sang, “The waiting is the hardest part”. 

I recently heard, and liked, the OB speakers from Cinnamon Audio (Portuguese).  It is a three-way with active amplification and DSP processing for only the bass driver.  The DSP corrects for room acoustics and applies the appropriate bass boost to account for back wave cancellation of the front wave.  This is a very nice dounding system.

Just received my Lii Song Liionidas open baffles with the Platinum 10. I've had them playing all day. With about 10 hours on them, they have nice tonality, glorious midrange, and lovely top end. The sub bass is starting to come through, but the mid bass is very shy. 

They still sound very tight and will need a few hundred hours to be their best. 

I am enjoying the ride though.