How much does rear horn loading add to full range driver?

I've listened to numerous BLH Fostex cabinet designs using drivers in the 3"-8" range and  could hear usable info down to around 50Hz, depending on how close they were positioned to the front wall/corners.

This said, the sound down there was somewhat disjointed from the rest.

A few exceptions to this were (#1) speakers from The Horneshoppe.

Not certain what to call the open backed cabinet design, but the sound was nicely balanced (they used a 3"-4" driver and I only heard them once placed in corners).

The other (#2) was a wide/flat TL (open @ the bottom) that used little Ted Jordan drivers.

The cabinets I heard them in were DIY (made from some plans on the WWW).

Here's a YT video of a similar/like speaker and I think that it uses the same driver (looks the same).

DeKay

PS:

What are the speakers you are considering?

DeKay

I recently saw a pair of those on sale, for a bit more than $350, but forget where.

I considered them for our computer setup, but am already satisfied with a pair of little Polk RT15i's ($13.50 thrift shop find) which work quite well in the near-field.

They look like they would be fun.

DeKay