Pure Audio Project open baffle speakers

There is a company that builds cabinets and puts together speakers using Danny’s parts. I have emailed him a few days ago myself, but have yet to hear from him

I forgot to mention, I use full range ESLs so I am handily in the open baffle club. At higher frequencies it turns out to be an advantage in your average room as you have more control over dispersion and can limit reflections. I do recommend placing acoustic tiles on the wall directly behind the speakers and crossing to subwoofers no lower than 100 Hz. I cross over at 125 Hz and with eyes closed you would never know there were subs in the system. Also many tweeters have closed backs. If this is the case you'll want to add a rear firing tweeter.

@ozzy62 - thanks for the feedback, seems you have no issues with the amount of bass.

I took a look at the photo on your system page - nice

But I have a few questions...
- how wide is your room.?
- did it take a lot of time to find their ideal position?
- is it better to have more space behind them - I have about 8 ft available
- have you tried them further away from the wall behind them?
- the two large round "Towers" behind the speakers - what do they do?

I know OB designs can be difficult to "master" so any info would be greatly appreciated

It seems you are very happy with the Spatial products you own - I will look into them further.

Many Thanks

@mijostyn - thanks very much for al the info, definitely something to take into consideration.

You mention "Average Room" - what size are you thinking of?

My room is 17ft wide x 42 ft long with an 8 ft ceiling - broadloom covers the floor.

Speaker placement is currently 8 ft from the wall behind the speaker
- i.e. from the wall to the front of the speaker is 8 ft
- this is the upper limit due to furniture
- listening position 8 ft from the front of the speaker

I realize every room has it’s own challenges, but any assistance would be appreciated.

Cheers

But I have a few questions...
- how wide is your room.?
- did it take a lot of time to find their ideal position?
- is it better to have more space behind them - I have about 8 ft available
- have you tried them further away from the wall behind them?
- the two large round "Towers" behind the speakers - what do they do?

The room is 15.5 X 25. I have the speakers about 55" from the front wall. I tried them further into the room, and closer to the wall, but this seemed like the best position, bringing them further into the room had no positive effect. They aren't hard to place in a room, since bass nodes that have affected other speakers seem to have no bearing on OB bass. I have fine tuned them a couple of times, but the basic position hasn't changed much. They do like a lot of toe in and the sweet spot is pretty small. That's the only negative I can think of.

The round things are home made tube traps. I have had them for many years. I haven't tried to remove them with these speakers. But the bass with the X3 is pitch correct and the most accurate sounding bass I have had in this room.

Oz