Lots of designs have the base speaker not only behind the front baffle, but also partially covered. You'll still hear and appreciate the base.
All the best,
Nonoise
Kilpisch + Ojas kO-R1
I get the cooperative marketing thing (ooh, aah, esoteric aura...), but my simple question is this: why would you mount the woofer behind the baffle rather than in/on it? A cursory review of Ojas' other speakers indicates this is a common design philosophy. Doing so must create measurable, if not audible, diffraction. Is there another potential benefit to doing it this way that offsets the diffraction, or is it simply about reducing the manufacturing costs?