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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker
Post Subject: The goal of multi driver matchingPosted by drdna on: 2/9/2009
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 Joe Roberts wrote:
I would argue that the notion of point source is not the important thing about single driver speakers.
But we have all heard the difference, with standard stereo installations, where the bass comes from down below and the highs come from up above. Our ears can resolve sound localization in three dimensions. Point source installations have a distinct character.

 Joe Roberts wrote:
Ideally, a multi-horn system would include the notion of narrowing radiation into its execution, but the problem is complicated by the fact that various instruments present different patterns of dispersion narrowing--it is not purely a function of frequency.
Would it then be better to optimize the drivers to be dissimilar from one another: to match the radiation patterns of instruments traditionally used within each frequency range the drivers cover?

Adrian

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