Manger Audio Loudspeakers. Has anyone listened to these?

Good evening... More accurately, a Manger (and Walsh drivers) are 'bending wave transducers' that create a 'ripple' in their surface element, as opposed to pistonic motion of the voice coil on a cone.

In a Manger, this is a flat 'plate' membrane; in a Walsh, a cone typically  inverted & stretched in its' vertical axis.

The Walsh-style driver is used in Ohm speakers, which are omnis in nature.  The Mangers' are used more like a typical driver, mounted on the face of a cabinet.

You might look this over:
https://www.tectonicaudiolabs.com/

Both share the physics behind DML (Distributed Mode) Loudspeakers;  'flat membrane' speakers, which range from the 'poster speakers' (which look like a picture/painting of some size, hung on the wall) to hall arrays; the best of which I've found are:
https://www.tectonicaudiolabs.com/product/pl-12-distributed-mode-loudspeaker/?id=product-805

I find this variant appealing in that two DML panels flank a AMT ribbon driver, very similar to my large ESS Heils...*S*

For one with a reeallly large listening space, one could go extreme:
https://www.tectonicaudiolabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/NEWPL12-HDR-10-SPKR-LINE-ARRAY.png

Better Walsh radiators can be found @ German-Physiks.com, but be prepared for the prices...

http://www.hhr-exoticspeakers.com  ...not only offers new versions of the 'original' Ohm speakers, but offers a 'stand-alone' Walsh radiator very similar to the G-P drivers....

...and quite like the drivers I DIY for my own amusement. ;)

Enjoy your music the way you do, J

Agreed, DMLs' are not efficient....noting that Techtonics' PL-12 panels can coast @ 350 RMS whereas the ribbon is one-sixth of that.
DML's are noted for the wide dispersion, and a 'horn loaded' ribbon would mate well with that.
A Tech rep @ NAMM '16 ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w91Vfp8bp0 ) claims 'no room interaction', but I'll assume he's referring to a 'large room', if not a hall. *L*
They're certainly not like any 'Maggie' one might compare them to....;)

An early reference to Mangers' details a 'back to back' arrangement;  my 'seat of the pant's' observation would indicate that the large magnet's would defeat any useful dipole radiation....mho, for what it's worth...

(That, and a dollar might get one a cross-town bus tix....*G*)

'16x30'....Is that 'w x d', or the reverse?  I've typically lived in the 'd x w' situation, which certainly effects my experience of things audio...that, and 'age-related high end roll-off' which is basically inevitable. ;)

@axpert   BINGO! "The Ghastly Truth". +10  Thank You. *S*

@mijostyn... "...Then they started farting all over the place."

Yeah, I hate that....the 'acoustic stink' just drives one out of the room....;)

Same with what I play with....the 'original Ohm/Walsh variants, victims of the 'tech' of the time., 'Great@200/AWOL@201 watts'.

If one directs the lowF to a sub...better, an array, more so.....
If one unleashes the main cone from that chore.....;)

It gets better...but I have no short stories, anymore. ;)

HO, the Manger competes with German Physiks as to high accuracy reproduction in two different approaches as to 'how' being one prefers to have music (or anything else) reproduced feels...'appropriate'. *S*

The Mang' don't get 'exposed enough'

But I'm an 'omniperv', and Proud of it. *G*;)

*L*  Well, I reserve the right to temper my 'changes'. ;)
But we could have some sort of good time. *G*

Distributed subs reminds me of one touting the DEBRA sub array with 5 units. Not huge drivers. either....curious enough to try.

I've literally done a Walsh 'surround' array with a single sub; it displayed interesting 'characteristics' that I'm compelled to explore.
Even if it's only for personal grins and enjoyment.

I'd bet I could get your attention as well....en guarde! *L*

No fat corner posts for me, no.  Shafts, minimalist.
Better hf by lowering the entire unit...almost too simple.
Better hf #2 is going 2way, a Walsh tweet with Walsh mf drivers.

I have a small pair I use as my main 'puters' monitors, with a small sub under desk....

Haven't blown them up yet. but there's no reason I should either....*G*