Wide baffle speakers are better than narrow


I'm just putting out some facts here so no one gets further misguided.

Wide baffle speakers sound much better, more natural and bring the acoustics of the recording venue with them.

Narrow baffle speakers are not as good without significant room treatment.

I'm glad no one here disagrees.
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So you’re saying that the crossover doesn’t matter?


Never said anything like that, and I’m more than a little surprised you could see such a statement in my original post.


That the crossover can’t be tweaked to make a speaker sound good regardless of the baffle width?

Your second sentence is very different from your first sentence, and still nothing like what I posted. I never said narrow baffle speakers were bad.

I’m saying that wide baffle speakers sound better and tend to behave more independently of the room they are put in
when it comes to clarity at the listening location, and perception of detail and recording acoustics. The crossover has limitations, and baffle step compensation, as well as compensating for the in room response in the crossover (i.e. equalization) can only take you so far.
Well I said "at least" but what I'm really thinking of are models mentioned above, which are probably wider.

In your definition, how wide (In inches) is wide?


Lets say with a baffle at least  about 4x the width of the tweeter, including faceplate.

So does that mean the In-wall speakers are the way to go?

Allison and Snell kind of sort of pointed us in that way, or at least using the rear wall as a part of the speaker, same with Klipsch.
I’m thinking of every thing from the wide-baffle Arnie Nudell Infinity and Genesis to the Sonus Faber Stradivari here.

Those wide baffles are magic.

Of course I’m not taking this conversation very seriously. :-)