I'm curious as to how much baffle step people have used in their designs and why.
For people that ran their designs at Iowa I assume they used full baffle step, but maybe some didn't. If you did run full baffle step, is it actually suitable for your home listening area?
Does anyone compromise and go with half baffle step on a regular basis? To me this seems like a decent compromise on where you can locate your speakers. Most people don't have optimal listening areas and if you are giving them to a friend (or possibly might down the road) then half seems like the most likely to work (i.e. they can find a good placement).
Do you always design for where you will be locating your speakers?
Has anyone done alternative networks (say on a simple 2-way) to allow changing the BS (say 0db,3db,6db)? Is it worth the trouble and expense to make the speakers more versatile?
For people that ran their designs at Iowa I assume they used full baffle step, but maybe some didn't. If you did run full baffle step, is it actually suitable for your home listening area?
Does anyone compromise and go with half baffle step on a regular basis? To me this seems like a decent compromise on where you can locate your speakers. Most people don't have optimal listening areas and if you are giving them to a friend (or possibly might down the road) then half seems like the most likely to work (i.e. they can find a good placement).
Do you always design for where you will be locating your speakers?
Has anyone done alternative networks (say on a simple 2-way) to allow changing the BS (say 0db,3db,6db)? Is it worth the trouble and expense to make the speakers more versatile?
Comment