Battle of the Open Baffles


Watching Jay's video today about the Maco Acoustics speakers, and saw the Caladan's late last year.  Seems like open baffle death match is brewing...

kro77

Agreed, he does seem to chase the dragon concerning audio.  However, I am seeing more and more points indicating open baffle is really something to look at.  Are there any commercial speakers using LII drivers?

 

 

Pure Audio Project speakers should be in the battle as well—terrific sounding speakers.

It is rather amazing they are discounting the Maco Acoustics speakers by 40% for early adopters.  Bringing the plywood model fairly close to the price of the Caladans.

I thought reading between the lines that Jay was not as enthusiastic about the Maco as he might have been, but maybe just my imagination.

@jetter I'm a big fan of "non-box" speakers i.e. dipole, bipole (had mirage M3s forever), Omnis and open baffle (had dahlquest DQ 10 40 years ago).  Im sure there are differences (between the different kinds) but the speakers disappear, and throw a wide soundstage.  On the other hand I gather they are known for bad imaging.  Jay starts to say this but doesn't fully spell it out. 

 

 

I have lusted after PureAudioProject Quintet15 for years, but can’t seem to pull the trigger without hearing them in person. They are very elusive and it’s hard to spend $10K+ and still need to assemble them.