On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 07:16:41PM +0200, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote: > On 05/11/2011 01:03 AM, Gerard Lardner wrote: >> There was a discussion about speakers for Ambisonics a few years ago. I >> can't remember exactly when. But I do seem to recall that it was >> suggested that speakers having a single axis (e.g. a single, wide-range >> driver or concentric drivers) would be better than speakers having >> drivers spread relatively widely over the front plane; > > following others on this list, i may have suggested that in the past, > but it might not be too important after all, unless in extreme > near-field conditions. the only coax system i've heard so far is the IEM > cube, and the system sounds great, but that's probably due to careful > acoustic treatment more than to the tannoy 1200 concentric drivers. > i haven't had any bad experience with twin-axial designs. the only thing > that happens is you get a slight change of timbre around the crossover > frequency when you stand as opposed to when you sit down, and that's > only for horizontal-only systems - as soon as the z-axis is added, those > small changes are masked by the other speakers, in my experience. > but of course a real point source is conceptually quite elegant if you > can get it, and i know that richard lee has recommended the KEF eggs > more than once, which are coax iiuc. they'd certainly be my HOA dream > setup for home use...
I guess it depends all on the size of the array. If you're sitting 1.5 meters from a speaker then having the LF and HF drivers apart by 0.4 m or so isn't going to help and something like the KEF eggs would be a better idea. I've heard 32 of them in Southampton, they are quite good for the size. Ciao, -- FA _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list [email protected] https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
