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Re: OB - V3 [message #16676 is a reply to message #16672]

Sun, 11 July 2004 08:03

Manualblock
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Hi; Years ago there was a magazine, like a little pamphlet thing called Audiophilia, maybe you heard of it I don't know how widespread it's distribution was. Any way they propounded the open baffle theory in a series of articles. We here all tore off the back and sides of numerous KLH and Wharfedale speakers and experimented endlessly with xover designs or using 1st order oxovers or just using caps to roll off the tweeter. We built large single plane baffles and mounted JBL woofers to them, on and on. I still have a nice pair of alnico 12" on a flat baffle with a titanium tweeter mounted in the center on a brass rod screwed to the baffle board. The speakers sounded more open and smoother with nice transients. Boxes do hurt performance. But in the end the open baffles sacrificed way too much body and immediacy and eventually the trend died. We actually discussed whether 3/4" or 1" baffles sounded better.

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		OB - V3 By: wunhuanglo on Sat, 10 July 2004 17:38
		Oh, yeah.... By: wunhuanglo on Sat, 10 July 2004 17:51
		Re: Oh, yeah.... By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 11 July 2004 00:07
		The boxes... By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 07:43
		Pictures Posted By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 11:25
		Re: Pictures Posted By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 11 July 2004 15:35
		Wayne, you're way too kind By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 20:46
		Re: OB - V3 By: Manualblock on Sun, 11 July 2004 08:03
		It's so hard to communicate this stuff in writing.... By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 09:22
		So how does one do this? By: Dean Kukral on Sun, 11 July 2004 10:36
		Re: So how does one do this? By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 11:36
		www.linkwitzlab.com By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 11:38
		BTW - the bass response By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 13:37
		Re: It's so hard to communicate this stuff in writing.... By: Manualblock on Sun, 11 July 2004 12:42
		Oh, yeah, this is costing me serious $$$$ By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 13:30
		Re: Oh, yeah, this is costing me serious $$$$ By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 11 July 2004 15:20
		Well, I think that's essentially a different approach By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 16:00
		Re: Well, I think that's essentially a different approach By: Manualblock on Sun, 11 July 2004 17:08
		East, south, there's no such thing here By: wunhuanglo on Sun, 11 July 2004 20:44
		Re: East, south, there's no such thing here By: Manualblock on Mon, 12 July 2004 06:55
		Re: Well, I think that's essentially a different approach By: Wayne Parham on Sun, 11 July 2004 22:02

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