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RE: Large Tannoy DCs on OB?

I really don't agree with your generalizations. I've owned many examples of virtually every type of speaker.

To say that OBs are not "hifi" because they have rear reflections is quite silly. Of course, OBs have more controlled dispersion than anything other than front horns - they are more, er, "hifi" for that reason. Are boxed speakers not "hifi" because they have the sidewall reflections that OBs lack?

Furthermore, in the bass, no speaker is really just a speaker - the speaker + the room is the speaker. But, again, OBs have *less* room interaction generally than anything other than front horns.

Every speaker platform involves very real trade offs. There is no perfect speaker - nothing even close, actually. The lack of box resonances and lack of side reflections of the open baffle platform are actually substantial plusses that can get you not only "hifi", but a very good facsimile of live acoustic music (my goal; live jazz is my reference).

As for the bottom octave, that's what subs are for.

Cheers,
Paul

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