Open Baffle. Why are they mostly limited to DIY?

I see a few hybrids from Vandersteen and Spatial Audio, but not much else.

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willemj Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,036 posts 12-13-2017 at 09:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete A pity Gradient did not design one to work with the more modern Quads. They still do a standalone generic one, but it is huge and expensive.
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,908 posts 12-14-2017 at 02:04am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Gradient needn't bother. The GR Research/Rythmik OB/Dipole Sub is far superior!
kalali Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,645 posts 12-14-2017 at 01:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Kenny, your system looks incredible, congratulations. Nicely done.
kennythekey Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 558 posts 12-15-2017 at 05:09am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Kalali, Thanks, it's been over 50 years in the works. I'm not a man of great means, so doing the slow crawl forward. I'm close to getting there, I mean for real for me! Kenny
wolf_garcia Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,650 posts 12-15-2017 at 06:13pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Open baffle combo guitar amps and speaker boxes have been around seemingly forever, and I prefer them over closed boxes these days, except for bass amps.