Hello all, I've seen some of these Ikea bowl speakers sandwiching ikea bowls but what would happen if you used only one half for a "full range" driver in open baffle configuration? Nevermind how the heck I would mount it...
A dipole arrangement would be more likely to work over the full sphere.
However you didn't mention dipole, only open baffle. Have you considered what the inner area of the bowl will be doing to the back radiation?
However you didn't mention dipole, only open baffle. Have you considered what the inner area of the bowl will be doing to the back radiation?
That’s what I’m most interested in as I’m sure it should and will change the response or at least the pattern of the response/radiation
It will reflect all along spread out in time. You could notice a difference when damping it. I guess it depends what you're looking to achieve.