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Why not more popular?

A couple of years ago, I got my first set of open baffle speakers. I've owned a few pairs of Magneplanars and many box speakers over the years, but my current speakers are the first true open-baffle speakers I've owned. 

I am absolutely smitten with the sound. Musical, dynamic, powerful, and an amazing deep, open, airy sound stage, with none of the weird boxy resonances or port huffing that I've heard from so many box speakers. 

What I don't understand is why there are so few speaker companies making open baffle speakers, and why are they not more popular among audiophiles?
jaytor

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mitch2
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My only experience was owning a pair of large Alon speakers where the mid and high range drivers were mounted on an open baffle.  I really tried to like those speakers (over several years and upgrades) but never got to a sound that seemed right to me (maybe a perceived lack of drive and dynamics).  I basically ended up in the same place as @tubebuffer - 
"Open baffle remind me of fat gym teacher. Something just not right."
   
mitch2
4,247 posts
 
Few things audiophiles buy are popular.
And even things that seem popular and acceptable mostly wouldn’t be so if the PIRC saw the invoice!
mitch2
4,247 posts
 
FYI, in a former life, NOLA was the Alon speaker line of Acarian Systems.
NOLA is Alon spelled backward.
Both are the brainchildren of Carl Marchisotto, who has had an interesting audio career.   
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