Open baffle speakers

I am getting an open baffle speaker in Dec. Do not know the name of it yet, but I heard half of it as a prototype in June (bass was missing). I have a lot of faith in the designer. I will be getting the smallest version which is made for recording studios monitoring consoles. That will also work on an office desktop though I will use stands.

My friend told me that his new speaker sounds better than my Yamaha NS5000 speaker that he heard and loved with my CODA #16 amp. I have my doubts about that but if it is in the same ballpark then that would be a home run for my office. His speaker can be driven by 8 watts so I will use the Schitt Aegir 20-watt Class A amp (for now).

@ozzy62   Are you measure  or just listen ??

Both...

25Hz  -is the same level as 1 khz  or  - 40 db  ?

@bache 

You are just being obtuse now. You are on some weird mission to denigrate OB speakers for some unknown (not really) reason.

I understand how to take measurements with a Radio Shack SPL meter and test tones. And I know all about the correction factors for that meter.

I was born at night, but it wasn't last night.

Spatial has some quite different views on OB.  They have a model which is open baffle/dipole for the woofers, and claims this is superior to conventional woofers because it reduces room interactions and modes, while it encloses the midrange and tweeter drivers so that the sound going backwards does not then reflect and add confusing information on sound location that would adversely affect imaging and muddle the sound.  The woofer claim is interesting because it is in keeping with what I have noticed with dipole panel speakers.  There is substantial cancellation at the sides that do reduce room interactions one does tend to get less boomy and uneven bass response.  I am less convince about not going OB with the midrange and tweeter because I tend to not mind the mid frequencies and highs from the back wave bouncing around the room adding to the reverberant field of sound, provided that the path length is 10 feet or more so the sound is perceived as an echo and will not be confused with the direct sound.