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open baffle vs sealed box designs

in a previous post, i asked for advice concerning stand mounted speakers.

it has occurred to me that an open baffle design may exhibit less box coloration than a sealed box.

i am not aware of any open baffle monitor speakers, other than the et lft 16 and possibly a nola design.

are there any others under $2000 which are a bit soft in the treble ?
mrtennis
jamscience
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What about a pair of Dahlquist DQ-10's? There is a pair listed on the 'Gon right now for $550.00. DQ-10's
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warrenh
2,286 posts
 
The woofer in the DQ 10s is not in an open baffle. Nice speaker, I owned it for years. You can do better, though.
gmood1
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Hey JohnK ..How about hook a brother up with some OBs?
I already have the drivers. I would like to be able to swap them over when feeling like a change. How much for just the Baffles? I could get them made locally but your wood work is awesome! You can just email me privately if you like.

Thanks
sns
653 posts
 
Bastanis Prometheus sound like an interesting speaker although they have an integrated sealed box subwoofer. Check out the review at 6moons.com
gregm
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OB need a separate low freq channel -- and it's usually a closed box. OR you need sophisticated equalisation (as in Linkwitz's Orion).

BTW, I love the OB sound.
So, I really don't think you'll be UNhappy with either the fostex (above-never heard them) or the Bastanis (heard these).
If you're good at electronics you might have a go at the Orions (here). This speaker is world class (IMO, etc).
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