Dahlquist and Vandersteen were designers who recognized that box cavities color the sound. So, they dispensed with them and, instead, mounted their drivers on individual baffles or in pods no bigger than they had to be. Save for their bass drivers which were in a box- presumably for reasons of efficiency- the mid and high frequency drivers were out of the box. This way allowed for a greater sense 3D imaging in a more recognizable soundfield. I had DQ10's back in the day. They made me conscious that the placing my speakers in my room could contribute to more realism, too.