Hi Steve. You can use "golden rectangles" (of ratio 1/1.618) to calculate placements of your speakers. You can refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosahedron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecahedron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rectangle
-- Marc Wed, 9 Jul 2014 23:51:00 +0100, Steve Boardman <boardroomout...@gmail.com> wrote : > Hi All, > > After lots of head scratching (and buying more speakers), I have > finally decided on a 32 identical speaker set up ( plus four subs) I > have decided to base the array on platonic solids. Even though advise > on this list has said there is no need, I wanted to be sure of the > most accurate angle coverage, and also decoder efficiency. As this is > new build, the construction can assist in placement, and I can > preserve equal angle coverage. It also means all speakers will be in > or against a boundary allowing for greater use of space. I will delay > and adjust gain according to distance, and EQ each speaker at the > centre to compensate. I want to use the vertices of both an > icosahedron combined with the vertices dodecahedron. Effectively the > faces and vertices of a dodecahedron. The problem I have is that I > need to find the angles from the centre (listening position) to mark > a speaker position (within the space), and was wondering what was the > best way of doing this? Laser level protractor maybe or has anyone > any other methods? Or is it all just a bad idea considering that not > many speakers will be at equal distance? As usual all advise is > greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Steve > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
