Why are there few spherical speakers?

We all know faulty premises make for the dumbest of threads.

Gallo and Fujitsu did spheres. Did the engineers at Gallo and Fujitsu base their designs on a faulty premise? 

Are you saying these are the best speakers simply because of their shape? I've heard Gallo speakers and they were nothing special, but, by all means, go and buy some.

I am saying that all else being equal, spheres are best. So its perfectly possible that a spherical speaker may be worse than a box speaker if some other aspect of the spherical speaker is worse than the box speaker. 

we as in the audiophile community 

Because they roll around?

And do you really think nobody has figured out how to stop that? 

Because most are creepy looking, really ugly, or both.

I understand that most audiophiles enjoy bad sound quality as long as it looks good but there are some audiophiles that care about how a speaker sounds and dont care about how it looks. Why are we not being catered to?

what has that got to do with spherical speakers? They are just boxes like all the rest except with a waveguide.

Where do you see the unmet demand for spherical speakers?

I never said there was demand for spherical speakers. I said there are some audiophiles that care about how a speaker sounds and don't care about how it looks. Do I really need to explain why? Is that not what being an audiophile means? It is about sound quality rather than looks no? 

I did not know that. You are stating this as a fact. Provide some empirical evidence.

The evidence is that speaker companies have been rounding the edges of square speaker boxes for a long time. This is supposedly to reduce diffraction. However the dirty secret that is not being disclosed is that the radius of curvature of the edge is too small relative to the wavelength of the frequencies where diffraction actually matters. Obviously a sphere has a much bigger curvature than a sharp right angled corner which has been rounded. 

 Have you yourself ever communicated to a dealer or manufacturer a wish for spherical speakers? Probably not, right?

Right, however that has nothing to do with anything. The speaker companies are the ones who should know that a sphere is the best shape so why are they the ones not making spherical designs? Are we being taken for a ride? Or even worse, are these speaker designers ignorant about the superiority of spherical designs?

What peer-reviewed engineering papers can you produce that say spherical is best?

 Why dont you demand evidence from the speaker companies to prove that their designs are as good as they are claimed to be? I dont have to provide evidence if they wont.

cost to produce and lack of demand.

Magico go to a lot of trouble with their cabinets. How much more trouble are you implying it would take to do a sphere? Is it going to take more effort than to send a man to mars? Surely not. 

As for lack of demand, that's a myth. We all know that speaker companies do not produce their speakers in response to any demand from audiophiles, they just design what they like. When did B&w magico or wilson audio consult the audio community to discuss what type of crossover design, cabinet shape, driver materials etc was wanted? NEVER.