Lon
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Steve wrote (and I meant to respond to earlier but ended up forgetting to):
"With all the speaker designs I've explored over the years, the Radial being one of my favorites, these speakers have a very similar way that they flood the room and walls with coherent sound. You can enjoy the sound anywhere in the space or adjacent space, just like a radial, and if you think about it... since sound comes off both the entire front and entire back, it's like the egg speaker I did, but actually better because when you walk up on it, it doesn't zing you in the eye, the sound is mild up close which gives you great confidence to trust that you are hearing the actual recordings. But unlike the Radials, they have very serious projection which comes across as dynamics, scale and weight. It's like the best of both worlds, similar to the HR-1 speakers but with more projection and better efficiency. So this is why I love them so much. I equate them to the radial design as they satisfy many of the same objectives with even less complexity.
You can think of them as a horizontal radial without a box instead of a vertical radial with a box. Since the room is a cube of some sorts, and sound has no concept of up or down, the end result is much the same between the two."
Thanks for that, it was really helpful for me. This gave me a clear idea of the speakers and how they work in rooms.
It's unfortunate that I could only possibly get away with Randy's version of an open baffle speaker in any area of my home, and that I am unlikely to have another home or another area of the home to use any of these hardwood designs that are so beautiful!
But since these things are so I am lucky to have two sets of HR-1 (and a pair of ERR not in use) as these speakers, over the years, have become "the other half of my ears." I have really found ways to make them fantastic communicators of the music I love, and even though I do think if I had the right room and space the extra weight, impact, scale and efficiency of these marvelous Big Betsys would be incredible, for my purposes, listening areas and source material the HR-1 (without the latest modifications) are just near perfect for me, and I am grateful for all the hard work you and Bob put into these speakers that I have bonded with so heavily.
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