The REAL Reason Why Open Baffle Sounds Better Than Box Speakers

READ ME! My opinion, after thinking on it long and hard and listening to my own open baffle speakers for 2 years is that the main difference is the midrange presentation. The open mid projects the sound back out of phase with the front output and reflects off the wall behind the speaker. It then combines (largely in phase) with the front output and changes what you'd get from the front firing driver. So, in a boxed speaker you only get that front firing sound, while the dipole gives you that PLUS the reflected back firing output as well. That changes the character of the sound and gives open baffle its distinctive sound quality. Is is perfectly accurate? No, obviously not, but that really doesn't matter. You either like it or you don't, and that's what's important. Now I will say that unless you've actually tried listening to a well designed pair of open baffle speakers, you can't have an opinion either way. I think most who do start listening to OB don't go back to boxed speakers. At least not willingly - maybe their situation changed and they need to listen in closer quarters where the speakers must be too close to the front wall to realize the benefits of OB. I used the term ethereal to describe the sound difference because it's the word that came to mind, but maybe a better way to describe the OB is to say more expansive. As in it projects a bigger sonic presentation, but retains pinpoint imaging and immersive soundstage. In my latest OB design:    • Would YOU Buy These Speakers?   I focused on the midrange driver with these conclusions in mind. The bass is omnidirectional for all speaker types, and the tweeter doesn't carry enough of the music spectrum (there's very little content above 10KHz in most music) to warrant making it rear firing as well. Whereas the mid carries the bulk of what serious listeners are looking for in a refined and engaging listening experience. My design lets the high efficiency mid play a wide range of the audio spectrum and is run through a 1st order bandpass filter to extend that coverage down into the low midrange and up into the treble. My Website: https://ibuildit.ca My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=865843...