In Reply to: Planars vs. Horns Discussion posted by George S. Roland on June 19, 2012 at 08:44:30:
My guess is that it's the dipole radiation which is responsible for most of the difference, there is more diffuse sound power relative to direct radiated.
I'm assuming that the SPL is not too high--obviously horns have more headroom at high SPL.
Orchestral music seems to do pretty well with dipoles as the playback recreates some of the psychoacoustics of reality.
In real halls your ears pickup a large amount of diffuse sound and not that much direct---your brain actually boosts the perceived level of direct sound. If you recorded in the same seat with omni microphones, it would sound congested and like swimming underwater with all the reflections, that's what the actual sound is but your brain's ASP (analog signal processing) is amazingly good.
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