Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle?


I often regret not buying old Snell A/III when I had the money and the space.

One of my all time favorite speakers. By now I'd have certainly had to throw it away. I'd not have the space, and those woofers with extra mass would long ago have pulled out of their frames.

One thing you don't realize unless you go looking for the pics, or owned one, was that the tweeter and midrange of these  speakers were, in my mind, very wide baffle designs. Yes, curved, but very wide.

Another Speaker I like, which I believe is based on a Snell design, is the Audio note AN/J, also has a relatively wide baffle, as do the Devore Orangutan. Of course, among my all time favorite speakers is the Sonus Faber Stradivari, a speaker I know can sound excellent even in acoustically challenged rooms.

What do you all think, have you heard the wide baffle magic?
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3. to really hear them you needed to biamp them, vertically preferred over horizontal biamping.


OMG yes, I had completely forgotten about this. I think Snell may have
single-handedly created the entire bi-amping craze.
Let's not forget the Sonus Faber Stradivari and Cremona Elipsa.


I did in fact mention the Stradivari in my Op. :)

Also, Genesis IRS count!

We can also, arguably, put the Focal utopia line in this category.

Let us know, @murphythecat 
Really thorough take, Duke.

I think if it was made today, he could have gotten away without adding mass to the woofer, or as Vandersteen and others do, using a separate plate amp to power the woofer alone, because all that mass poured into that woofer was going to deteriorate the suspension no matter which direction it points.
Hi @b_limo
Glad I could help. I second the suggestion to go to diyaudio for help instead of Audiogon. It's more of a builder's forum.
Best,
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Hey @twoleftears

I did see that, it looks like an idea I have seen in some professional speakers. JBL perhaps? Seems to work as advertised.


Would love to see the polar plots. :)