Whether I owned electrostats or open baffle designs the majority of my audio life I've owned boxless speakers. My choices were made in part due to a logic of removing a 'box' from the equation of having to interact with a room. The more I thought about it it seemed a very logical choice. Why enter a speaker into a box and then have to deal with the resonation of the speaker interacting with the box and the room? I'm not saying successful box designs haven't been built, what I'm suggesting is box designs seem a more complicated way to achieve true room integration. I've discovered, dollar for dollar, I've exceeded most box designs. How many think as I do, or have experienced similar results based upon experimentation?
I have had box and planar, and now Magnepan, and when i was auditioning the Maggies for hours, I would come home and notice the 'boxiness' of my former speakers right away. Curious. I AM a planar fan.
I can't imagine listening to "traditional" speakers day and day out, the resonance is there no matter what the quality/price point may be. If you're looking for an alternative to panel speakers Gallo Reference speakers don't have a "box".
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