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Monday, July 12, 2010
Jeff Berryman 07/12/10 04:40 PM, 0 CommentsThis is the second part of our series focusing on subwoofers. The first and third parts are available here and here. Woofer Array Types In pro audio, we find three kinds of woofer arrays: 1. Broadside Arrays, in which a number of woofers are arranged in a row, and the primary radiation is at right angles to the row. This is the typical subwoofer arrangement seen in most applications, either stacked (horizontal row) or flown (vertical row). In current practice,… View this story
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Thursday, July 08, 2010Jeff Berryman 07/08/10 11:02 AM,In sound systems, it would be terrific if loudspeakers worked like spotlights: find the loudspeaker boxes with the right directional patterns, aim them where you want sound to go, and you’re done. Of course, that’s not the way it works, especially for bass. Ordinary bass loudspeakers are very nearly omnidirectional over their working ranges, but when you stack up a few of them, the pattern becomes more directional and more complex. Imagine if lights worked that way—a bare light bulb… View this story
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