open baffle speaker question

right,,i meant that they radiate both directions, as one can tell i am not up on this. the linkwitzlab site is very informative and a bit over my abilities for a first try. thanks for the site suggestion.

thanks for all the advise/info. i have seen pictures and papers on lots of designs. what got me thinking about this is the wild burro site where he had some drivers called the betsy on sale and the speaker was a sheet of good grade plywood with some side wing type boards. i like to learn and experiment and keep it really affordable and figured 150 bucks to get my feet wet would be sort of fun. i just was interested in if this would be a good idea before i invested a day assembling this. thanks again john

i see. from some of the designs it is clear to me that, like with most things, this can really get expensive. the pictures i.ve seen are really nice and i.m going to do some more research. i still may build a cheaper pair to learn about this design.