The standing wave thing is why most manufacturers use odd shapes. Sooner or later these guys throw in the towel and make conventional looking units even if they hide the odd shape inside a box. The "ham shaped" Norh speaker is really a drum with both ends dammed up. The country of origin supposedly makes a lot of these drums for cerimonial purposes. Do they work as musical enclosures, don't know. There are a lot of fanatical owners who believe they do. I for one would find it hard to get past the odd shape. My wife and her friends think my obsession with sound is wacky anyway and these hams, I mean drums, I mean speakers would certainly confirm their suspicions.
Odd shaped speakers
How can a speaker shaped like a ham be taken seriously? How about one that looks like a giant version of the horn usually associated with Nipper? Or the ones with so many modules and a rack type thing you wonder how the sound can be integrated when the sources it comes from are so disparate? Am I the only one who is satisfied with boxes properly finished or what?