Hi Fons. Tue, 1 Jul 2014 16:45:31 +0000, Fons Adriaensen <f...@linuxaudio.org> wrote : > On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 09:28:47AM -0500, Sero wrote: > > > I am very confused about this because I cannot find any reference > > on this on any pubblication or discussion on the net. > > My feeling is that the larger directivity angle the best (up to > > omnidirectional) but I am still not sure about this. > > Regardless of whatever 'suspected', 'hopefully correct' and > 'unproven' theories you way find in the wild, there are a > few basic facts to take into account: > > * Each speaker should cover the intended listening area as > uniformly as possible. > > * Almost all speakers will be omni up to to few hundred Hz. > Above that the best ones tend to have a fairly broad > pattern. > > * If your room acoustics are bad, using directional speakers > will not necessarily help, they could even make things worse. > Unless maybe when you're building a PA system in a sports hall.
What sort of problem would cause a directional speaker in a room? > * LF room effects are much more related to *where* the speakers > are than to how they radiate. > > Ciao, I use three subs in my small listening room, to activate more modes; it helps to distribute the bass frequencies in the room. -- Marc _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
