Open baffle speakers

I like both the OB and the closed model of the Songer speaker.   The OB was a two way system using their field coil driver as a woofer/midrange coupled to an OB tweeter.  The closed box speaker did not have a tweeter so the field coil driver operated full range.  They both sounded very good, which is probably more of a testament to their field coil driver than to other aspects of their design.

There is another OB field coil speaker that I've heard made by Treehaus Audio.  They use huge slabs of wood cut so that the edges of the panel hold the outer bark of the tree.  The speaker can be stunningly beautiful.  One of the drivers is an old Klangfilm field coil driver that has been reconditioned.  I generally like the sound, though not as much as I do PureAudioProject and Songer Audio speakers, and they do look stunningly beautiful.    

I’m sure there’s an argument in here somewhere, but I’ll be damned if I can find it.

@ozzy62 Frequency response measurements are taken at 1 meter. The frequency response below 50 Hz of an open baffle woofer in a residential room at a 12 foot listening position is at best unpredictable and more than likely horrendous. An open baffle speaker makes a lot of sense if you were going to cross over to subwoofers at 100 Hz. It is easier to avoid enclosure resonances and you get the advantage of dipole behavior when it comes to room interaction. 

@mijostyn - not with nearfield listening and if that OB works off a competently designed and built field coil driver. You’d have to actually hear one to understand what’s possible. I only need to cross my subs over at 50db - any more affects the nuance of the mid and low woofers. My listening position is 7’ from each woofer, which are 8’ apart 😉

in friendship - kevin