The Design

This is the new Baby Baffle design(Shown at Axpona co-designed with Dan Ervin, made by Dan Ervin). This design will go down to 50hz or lower on its own. But for full range, we recommend a subwoofer, and we designed an OB subwoofer specifically to go with this design(see below.)

This design is for those who feel they do not have room for the bigger baffle sizes with the larger drivers still fairly sensitive at 96dbs w/m in baffle. This design can work with design works well with any of our amplifiers. The baffles themselves can be put on stands to elevate the tweeter to approximate ear level, but does not need to be specifically at ear level as they 20 degrees off axis you still get excellent response.

Although a similar sound signature to the larger 15″ coaxial drivers, they do sound different, not having quite the ease, effortless, relaxed nature of our other two designs. As you go up in size, the drivers do not have to work as hard to produce the same sound pressure levels and so sound more effortless in their presentation. This type of sweetness is one aspect of our house sound, drivers that work less to produce more so that the cones move very, very little. Likewise, having separate drivers operating in their optimal ranges helps reduce harmful distortions that add tension, harshness, and obscure clarity. This is why LDA designs open baffle speakers with multiple drivers, with as few as possible and very simple crossovers. In this case, you can get by with a single capacitor as a crossover. With only one component in the crossover, funds can be allocated to the very best components the DIY’r can afford.