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RE: ...open baffle speakers harsh on classical mucic?

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In Reply to: RE: Are all open baffle speakers harsh on classical mucic? posted by akolegov@mtu-net.ru on May 04, 2008 at 05:29:06

Consider that the lack of a baffle can lead to phase cancellations at bass and lower mid-range frequencies. At lower mid-range frequencies where the wavelength gets longer than a foot, the out of phase front and back wave of the speaker will wrap around the baffle and cancel.

This would tend to emphasize higher frequencies leading to the "harshness" that you describe.

I think that the open baffle of the design would have to be large in order that these phase cancellations not effect the lower mid-range and upper bass (robbing the music of warmth in the way that you have described).

A tiny mini-monitor sized open baffle speaker (with a tiny open baffle) is going to sound small, tinny, and high frequency dominant almost without exception.

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RE: ...open baffle speakers harsh on classical mucic? - Drew Eckhardt 20:18:36 05/04/08 (0)
Dipole cancellation - caspian@peak.org 08:51:19 05/04/08 (0)

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