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Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Additional baffle/parasitic baffle by KLegind on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]These speakers were not open baffle. I would agree with Mani's description of their sound, except for the 'edge' bit. That depended on where you were sitting/standing.[/quote]Then they would be baffle extenders which are not with...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The "open baffle" means everything. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-17 
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[quote user="el`Ol"]Weren't these speakers (at least in Germany) normally used built-in (infinite baffle situation)? And I don't like the word "open baffle" because it can mean anything. It reaches from quasi-IB like proposed by PHY-HP up to that mor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: The "open baffle" means everything. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-17 
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[quote user="el`Ol"]Weren't these speakers (at least in Germany) normally used built-in (infinite baffle situation)? And I don't like the word "open baffle" because it can mean anything. It reaches from quasi-IB like proposed by PHY-HP up to that mor...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #24: The oversized baffle effect. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-19 
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[quote user="Joe Roberts"] Yeah, but plywood is cheap and the result is audibly noticeable. Baffle extensions were recommended for all of the Altec VOT cabinets too. Make a big improvement for cheap if you have the space. As the frequency dec...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: Infinite Baffle Parody by msaudio on 2010-05-22 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
When i Moved in my new house in july 2000, it took me 6 months to get my speakers and general system togeather and working. The narrow band that your vitavox 15 inchers will be working in, how does that relate to your infinite baffle? 60Hz to 350Hz i...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #125: A Distributed Infinite Baffle? by Romy the Cat on 2011-10-26 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
How about this idea: to have sort of infinite baffle in PP configuration but to distribute it to the middle of the room as it depicted below?...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #28: Open baffle is garbage by Scott L on 2018-01-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Midrange driver suggestions in Horn-Loaded Speakers  34 Replies 
[quote user="noviygera"]There seems to be a lack of useful feedback on the actual sound quality of these oddball, relatively rare TAD mids. So I think it would be helpful to share some basic observations I gather after listening to them for a couple ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #8: Inf Baffle by Horn Savant on 2010-08-25 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The best 20 hz bass horn in Horn-Loaded Speakers  20 Replies 
Window needs to be sealed with non resonant baffle. 416's sound spectacular in inf baffle ! May be possible to horn load to a corner using standardgood design precedents with good throat coupling like my previous pictureThis picture: Back of 416's in...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bass" by skushino on 2016-11-20 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bas... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
I'm of the opinion that listening room aesthetics play a big role in enjoying music at home.  This is self-evident, but over the many years playing with audio, my listening room has become incrementally cluttered with "audio detritus".  It's ugly and...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #94: Carbon front baffle by tuga on 2008-07-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Jessie Dazzle Project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  172 Replies 
Carbon is used by Audiotekne in a variety of products, from vinyl claps to a speaker with a 35mm carbon front baffle. Some guys in Italy compared the same housing configuration built in wood using the same driver and they swear it's so much better b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #56: Infinite baffle by zztop7 on 2016-03-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A listening room for a domesticated Cat? in Audio Discussions  283 Replies 
I researched infinite baffle[s] and was going to do an install at our previous home.  We moved just before starting the project.  There is very good info on the net.  If you want, I can do a deep paper-work search to see if I can locate the info. on ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: The infinite baffle project is underway. by Romy the Cat on 2018-08-21 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
My contractors who built for me the 40Hz midbass horn in my former listening room is doing currently my infinite baffle manifold. The deals was changed, it is not what depicted above and there is no compression chamber in there anymore. It make wi...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #121: Infinite baffle by Jorge on 2011-10-24 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
That is what I thought you were going for in the first place:You have the basement right under your listening room, and those wonderful Aura 18" woofers...You can place them sideways (very important) on some kind of vent that shoots into the room...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #33: Swap the baffle??? by Paul S on 2021-10-28 
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Don't know construction details, of course, but I'm sitting way out on the West Coast thinking, "I'd swap the baffle". Easy for me to say, I realize...Paul S...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #5: Infinite Baffle Bass Installation. by Scott L on 2016-12-12 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Infinite Baffle Implementation and "Compression Sub-bas... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  17 Replies 
Gentlemen:I assure you, Infinite Baffle bass simply has no peer. Yes, you do need specialized drivers. The Infinite baffle bass concept is so old, it's rarely even considered anymore, plus, you are indeed married to the installation....

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #6: I think I need to have a dedicated anti-open baffle thread by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote user="Markus"]These speakers were not open baffle. [/quote] Actually they are. They might not look like open baffle but they have all negative conceptual characteristics of the open baffle. I think to properly evaluate what those type of the s...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #7: What is an "open baffle"? by el`Ol on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
Weren't these speakers (at least in Germany) normally used built-in (infinite baffle situation)? And I don't like the word "open baffle" because it can mean anything. It reaches from quasi-IB like proposed by PHY-HP up to that more and more crazy con...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #40: The retarded open baffle by Romy the Cat on 2010-06-25 
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[quote user="Romy the Cat"]our logic is correct but you refuse to see the whole picture - this is the biggest mistake the admirers of the open baffles do. Let trace the entire process. You grow the size of the baffle in order to keep the speakers to ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as open baffle. by Rewind on 2013-07-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: A Frankenstein Macondo - Injection channel - trying it as op... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  14 Replies 
Hi,I am slowly building my own Macondo. I understand why the injection channel is there. It brings some kind of softness that the compression drivers lack. I am using a 12" JBL midbass driver (~100dB sensitivity) in a 50L single driver Marshall cabin...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #4: Front-baffle configuration by Murataltuev on 2015-08-13 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Another time aligned 5-way horn project in Horn-Loaded Speakers  189 Replies 
Thank you for comments.I agree with front-baffle concerns.I'll redesign it.But I'm still thinking to keep Tapped Horn integrated somehow to the whole setup and may be use RoomCorrection, but only for Tapped Horn (20-50Hz).Another problem with Tapped ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #1: Open Baffle Speaker Design by Stitch on 2014-08-02 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Open Baffle Speaker Design in Playback Listening  2 Replies 
In "High End" today we can see nearly every possible Design and obviously it seems that we find for EVERYTHING a fanatical Fangroup.Be it Tonearms made of Wood, or Plastic (of course it has a different, more important sounding name), multi speaker ch...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #178: The front baffle. by Romy the Cat on 2010-08-05 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s Midbass Project – the grown up time. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  455 Replies 
Ok, the front baffle is ready. As I said the front baffle, the surface where the diverter will be attached, ingrated with the first section of the horn.  You might judge the solidity if you wish – it is 5 layers of ¾ Baltic birch + 1 layer for front ...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #25: The infinite baffle shall be a very good solution. by Romy the Cat on 2010-11-14 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Macondo’s lowest channel. in Horn-Loaded Speakers  150 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]Maybe one should't give up the attic-IB idea, the subs could fire downwards.http://www.aespeakers.com/drivers.php?driver_id=8[/quote] Great idea, thanks for reminding.  That still might be an option. I need to educate myself about...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Baffle Dimensions by NBC on 2007-04-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Exceptional loudspeakers drivers in Audio Discussions  34 Replies 
Thanks Romy,Yes, I received your advice in the past privately regarding proper size for 1808 enclosure, and I thank you for pointing me in right directions. Yes, sealed box is simple calculation using e.g., WinISD. I am experimenting with&n...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #17: The Infinite baffle project goes on in active state today. by Romy the Cat on 2018-09-03 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: The ULF cannel for my new listening room. in Audio Discussions  43 Replies 
Ok, my carpenter brought today two large manifolds for 4 Aura drivers and this week will be installing them. Can’t wait how it will end up sounding......

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #14: Open baffle by unicon on 2010-06-28 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Small double bass horn for 3"-8" driver in Horn-Loaded Speakers  37 Replies 
[quote user="moreart"]Hello,i made a new constructiondown to ~34 Hzfor 3", 5", 6,5" and 8"bass driver,15 cm flat behind the flat screenor two with 100x120x15 cm,or sideboard forsat placement.the 17 inside widthwould be a best solution with the TB W6-...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #15: Baffle added by atilsley169 on 2012-06-11 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Andrew's new 4-way horn using Stereolabs stone horns and DIY... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  43 Replies 
Baffle added in 25 Ply....holes later filled with putty...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #59: Submergent deeper and deeper... by Romy the Cat on 2021-11-07 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Remedies the Beauty in Playback Listening  302 Replies 
My mood swings around this Remedios  project are remarkable. Literally a few days ago I meant to trash the whole things and start from scratch and now I again am super enthusiastic, unhealthy enthusiastic. Paul was right to fix 6-in baffle will be pa...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: Well, you need to read a whole book. by Romy the Cat on 2010-05-17 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Munich High End 2010 in Horn-Loaded Speakers  39 Replies 
[quote user="el`Ol"]But when the frequency where the dipole acoustic short circuit "kicks in" is clearly below the Fs of the driver, everything "dipoly" that can happen are rear wall reflections with the wrong phase, and that danger is also reduced b...

Read the Post in new Window Read the Post in Threaded view  Post #13: The Real Subject, Klangfilm Not' by msaudio on 2010-06-09 
Browse the content of the threads in new Window  Thread: Klangfilm: actual knowledge is better then fetish imaginatio... in Horn-Loaded Speakers  18 Replies 
If you look at the picture second from the the top, you will see 2 woofers mounted in front on the baffle, notice a 2 piece horn from the baffle. Klangfilm never had such a horn, they would start at the baffle and curve out. The horn in your picture'...
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