[Spatial Audio]

Yes -the AMT is open on the back side, but since the felt block attenuates some of the sound, the level is lower than the adjacent midrange driver and may seem like nothing is coming out of the back.

Clayton
Spatial Audio Lab

[doggie]

OK. I need to modify or partially retract what I said.


I went downstairs to take a quick photo of the back of the AMT and realized that there is definitely some sound coming from the rear of it, just nowhere near what comes out the front and mostly higher frequencies.

One way or the other these are great speakers and will do justice to whatever you feed them. They also seem to interact with my room much less than previous speakers.


 

[Desertpilot]

By the way, the crossover to the AMT is 1KHz.  If the music you are playing has no sound at 1KHz and up, then no sound coming out either direction.

Thanks to Clayton for clearing this up.  Now, we know the answer.

Marcus

[SoundSound]

What a great, helpful community! Thank you very kindly, dear experts, for sharing your knowledge!
Would you describe the M3S and X5 as music-agnostic propositions equally good at reproducing chamber music and big bands, forte-piano and pipe organ, classical and pop vocal? Or they are different in this regard?
As always, please chime in!
Last, but not least: please keep it safe, and stay healthy to enjoy our wonderful hobby for years to come, dear friends!

[geerock]

What a great, helpful community! Thank you very kindly, dear experts, for sharing your knowledge!
Would you describe the M3S and X5 as music-agnostic propositions equally good at reproducing chamber music and big bands, forte-piano and pipe organ, classical and pop vocal? Or they are different in this regard?
As always, please chime in!
Last, but not least: please keep it safe, and stay healthy to enjoy our wonderful hobby for years to come, dear friends!

Most everything on your list benefit from the dipole.  Piano is a difficult instrument to reproduce accurately but it was one of the first things I was so happy to hear on my X5's.  The hammer hitting the string.  The harmonics of the chord or tone.  Acoustic string instruments of all kinds you could hear the string being plucked or bowed and the resonant overtones coming through.  Just lush reproduction.
The only thing you list that is a problem for almost all good audio speakers is organ music in the lower tones.  Those below about 22 to 25 hertz.  The bass pedals and lowest key notes on a pipe organ are more a feeling and vibration than a tone.  Even your best woofers, are going to huff and puff and buzz, but sooner or later will simply give you the proverbial finger at any type of realistic reproduction, even with the help of subs. But above those ranges you will be very pleased.