quick question on D'Appolito array soundstaging

Posted by Adriel (A) on June 3, 2010 at 19:04:20

Just want to know how the D'Appolito arrangement soundstages, compared to the point-source or 2-way arrangement. Graphics are provided below to illustrate what I mean.

This is the point-source example. Provided the microphone placement is supporting the pianist perspective, or pretending this is a midi synthesized playback, the soundstage of a piano is steady on the horizontal plane:

This is the 2-way example. The soundstage of a piano is separated on the horizontal plane, with higher notes appearing higher on the soundstage, and lower notes appearing lower on the soundstage:

This is the D'Appolito example. Can someone tell me how this soundstages? With the two bass drivers sandwiching the tweeter, I just wonder how the image comes together. Does it sound like a point-source image, or does it somehow sound like a 3-layer piano?

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Topic - quick question on D'Appolito array soundstaging - Adriel 19:04:20 06/03/10 (16)

RE: quick question on D'Appolito array soundstaging - docw 14:31:57 06/04/10 (0)

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RE: inspite of the ideas you might here to the contrary... - tomservo 17:04:15 06/04/10 (2)

RE: inspite of the ideas you might here to the contrary... - gymwear5@hotmail.com 19:19:49 06/04/10 (1)

RE: inspite of the ideas you might here to the contrary... - tomservo 05:51:06 06/05/10 (0)

RE: quick question on D'Appolito array soundstaging - Hornlover 07:43:24 06/04/10 (0)

RE: quick question on D'Appolito array soundstaging - Linkster 07:34:41 06/04/10 (0)

RE: quick question on D'Appolito array soundstaging - RoyJ 19:47:34 06/03/10 (8)

Dunatech and Dunlavy, MTM and time coherent. For decades. - Edp 13:10:11 06/07/10 (1)

RE: Dunatech and Dunlavy, MTM and time coherent. For decades. - RoyJ 14:24:57 06/07/10 (0)

Clarifications - RoyJ 21:25:49 06/05/10 (0)

Interesting observations, Roy - caspian@peak.org 08:40:58 06/05/10 (4)

RE: Interesting observations, Roy - jimdgoulding@yahoo.com 08:36:18 06/06/10 (0)

RE: Interesting observations, Roy - RoyJ 21:26:34 06/05/10 (2)

Your post is out of alignment - keith_d 10:46:57 06/07/10 (1)

RE: Your post is out of alignment - RoyJ 14:21:03 06/07/10 (0)

quick question on D'Appolito array soundstaging

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