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As someone that's been dabbling in the DIY area of open baffle speakers, I look at the offerings here and they are some of the most intelligent and well thought out designs I've come across. Don't get me wrong, I love my fully active OB speakers, but if I were gonna buy some passive speakers, it'd probably be a pair of Prisms or similar. They are so clearly superior to standard box speakers it's a wonder these things are not flying off the shelves. Or maybe they are, I dunno.
It take money to run those glossy ads, lot of BS and showmanship and outrages claims and Duke is not like that.
I have wondered the same thing myself. There are a number of very happy AudioKinesis owners out there - me included - we just aren't very vocal. Maybe we should shout from the rooftops more. Duke does get some speakers out in the field, but have you ever seen any come up used? I haven't. Speaks volumes I think.
There are a number of very happy AudioKinesis owners out there - me included - we just aren't very vocal. Maybe we should shout from the rooftops more.
Just one example of why I think so well of the design - since I have OB speakers, I have a lot of room interaction, and good ambiance, etc. But what I DON'T have is a rear wave with a flat frequency response that perfectly matches the front wave coming off the driver. Just the nature of OB and rear wave propagation. And if I adjust the EQ to get a fairly flat rear wave, then the front wave gets much worse, and vice-versa.So, having a speaker with mirrored drivers (front and back) neatly avoids this problem. And I won't even go into the brilliance of offsetting the rear drivers to be close to the floor!
This is what attracted me to Duke's designs. It seemed to me that musical instruments very seldom created sound directed only forward so if the objective is to emulate a musical instrument, sound radiating symmetrically from front and back of a cabinet made a lot of sense. I've been very pleased with the results.
that many instruments are directional - like the entire brass section.
I hope this isn't viewed as off-topic, but I guess this is one thing that conceptually bothered me about both open baffle and rear-facing drivers is that many instruments are directional - like the entire brass section. So is this simply a matter of specific AK speakers being better suited to different types of music?
As ever, Duke, your answers only prompt more questions, but I'll avoid further derailing the thread and wait until I can camp in your room at RMAF! Now if only I knew what speakers you were bringing...