Description

The Zen Master open baffle is a classic open baffle design, Steve Deckert of Decware Audio created it based on the original design from Caintuck Audio：

https://www.caintuckaudio.com/

This led to tons of follows and discussions, the initial discussion can be seen here:

https://www.decware.com/cgi-bin/yabb22/YaBB.pl?num=1561942815

During development of the open baffle, Steve found our F-15 driver units and used them on the design with very satisfactory outcome, after he shared his discoveries, many audiophiles followed this design and gave their happy feedback. Then Decware refined the design and started offering a hardwood version of “Zen Master” series of open baffles:

https://www.decwareproducts.com/zms

The Zen Master open baffle we are offering follows the same acoustic design, but have some differences in terms of material and finishing. They are made by piano factory using piano MDF + veneer and finished in piano glossy thick lacquer, and reinforced by a heavy metal base with spikes, this brings a very stable acoustic base for sound performance. The front openness is curved shape forming a small horn that inproves the dense midrange and ensures smooth projection of soundwave.

This ZF15M is smaller in scale but greatly ideal for medium/small listening room, similar to the origin Caintuck open baffle, it creates an amazing “floating” soundstage above the open baffles which let the open baffles “disappear” more completely. It uses F-15 driver unit approved by thousands of audiophiles worldwide, as it matches better with the size of the smaller open baffle to fit a medium/small listening room.

Review from Andrew Robinson of Zen Master: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ7HznfA0YA

Sound demo from Decware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plMKQCc-7Po