Ultimate Open Baffle Gallery

[gainphile]

It seems that Hawthorne Sterling Trios are gaining a cult following lately.

http://www.hawthorneaudio.com/forum...wtopic.php?f=2&t=2399&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=60

 

[LineArray]

Hi gainphile,
big effort, really beautiful result. I like it very much !!
Best

 

[gainphile]

Hi gainphile,

big effort, really beautiful result. I like it very much !
Congratulions !

Best

I wish those were mine

 

[Telstar]

Very nice looking AcousticPlan, the Veena series.

http://www.acousticplan.de/html/veena_english.html

drivers: 15 cm broadband driver, four 25 cm bass driver

An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.

These looks very nice

 

[Fuling]

My OBs in post #130 has developed/degenerated into a hybrid system with OB mid/high and closed bass boxes.
Not that I don´t like dipole bass but i didn´t get it to work well in my small room, couldn´t place the speakers much more than 2 feet from the wall.
Open baffle works fairly well from ~150Hz and up thanks to a massive effort in "taming" the acoustics of the room, below that I use active bass absorption.

 

[human.bin]

looking on ebay for an eminence woofer i stumbled upon their CX series

10" and 12" coaxial design (50-20khz) priced in the 50e

would it suit openbaffle use? cheap alternative to hawthornes?

 

[Brett]

Hello, I am intrigued how this speaker is laid out. Does the CS1 have opposing-pairs of bass drivers, each on an open baffle? Are they in phase or out? Is there an explanation for this layout? Thanks

I'm curious too.

 

[felixx]

gainphile
What do you use on upper registry?

 

[gainphile]

My latest and hopefully last (duh) iteration

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1717000#post1717000

Uses Vifa P13WH and Eminence Alpha 15

 

[planet10]

I don't know if these are ultimate OBs (or whether it is the thread that is ultimate) but these baffles have sure been useful for testing drivers. Currently have a set of Omnes 8 and are in their Halloween outfit and in their "storage" spot

dave

 

[planet10]

My latest and hopefully last (duh) iteration

Those are quite elegant

dave

 

[gainphile]

Very interesting approach, the "Arkangel". The designer claims no xo, not sure how he runs the tweeters though.

http://arkangel-speakers.blogspot.com/2007/06/arkangel-speakers.html

 

[Nuuk]

That's quite an eye-full if you get my drift!

 

[pacificblue]

not sure how he runs the tweeters though.

He obviously makes two parallel groups of three in series and hopes that the combined power rating will be enough for fullrange operation.

 

[gainphile]

The "Nightingale" series:

http://www.nightingale.it/inglese/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=151&Itemid=105

http://www.nightingale.it/thumbs/calamus.miniatura.jpg

 

[gainphile]

Plenty of goodies I found today from sixmoon. Quite an old report.

Sound Science made things big. On display was the Acoustic Line Array Acoustic Lens with waveguide.

E.A.R too entered the speaker fold this year. And guess what -- no, better don't -- it also is an open-baffle 3-way.

 

[tinitus]

E.A.R too entered the speaker fold this year. And guess what -- no, better don't -- it also is an open-baffle 3-way.

Those are real pretty speakers

 

[Andy G]

I was just wondering what the bass output pattern was on something like these.. and what would happen if you turned the bass units sideways ie one woofer firing either side of the speaker, with the opening towards the front and the back.
Then use say a 6" hi-eff Beyma + horm tweeter OB above that.
Just thinking that you could then use depth to get the width required for the OB bass, without having to make the speaker all that wide.
comments?

 

[56oval]

Hi All
Rubanoide by Audio Consulting

Cheers

 

[56oval]

Another by WarAudio R3 ,12"PHL firing forward with a 18" PHL firing backwards.

Pat also built another OB using R3 and a pair of Cabasse 21NDC drivers per channel.