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DavidLD

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In Reply to: Re: Ignorant speaker cap questions. posted by Bold Eagle on December 28, 2003 at 09:35:15:

At last count I have 12 pairs of conventional speakers in operation somewhere in the house plus a couple more pair in a closet. So I'm not really in need of yet another conventional design.
Bose has this other all-in-one deal thats not a Wave radio or three-piece--maybe that would be a better starting point. Many small console stereos from the 60s had side-firing low-range units, and then mounted the other drivers toward the front. If I made a single cabinet about 24 inches long I could mount the woofers in either end, and directionality would be enhanced as they would be aimed in opposite directions. Then I could mount the other drivers in two small separate boxes that could sit atop or near the woofer cabinet not a long ways from the woofers.
Hmm... kinda an updated console.

David

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Bose trick AKA early 6th order bandpass - airtime 12:14:10 12/28/03 (1)
Side firing or off axis firing gives the effect of removing the higher frequencies without the use of any crossover. This would let the lower frequency, which has a lesser directional quality, pass while shooting the more directional higher tones into no where land, or off a wall or something. I think this was the early version of a 6th order bandpass. Bose really mastered this trick early on and did a very good job using 4 inch drivers.
charles
- or - airtime 12:16:20 12/28/03 (0)
  Consider downward firing the woofers. Or even rear and forward.
  c
Re: Well, the plans so far are still in my head - Billoradio@aol.com 11:40:11 12/28/03 (0)
Kind of a combination sub-woofer speaker stand.
You cuuld then aim the directional speakers easily or even tilt them back slightly.
Some interesting ideas.
Bill
LOL, well maybe somewhere else too... - DavidLD 10:50:55 12/28/03 (1)
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- Re: LOL, well maybe somewhere else too... - Billoradio@aol.com 11:43:14 12/28/03 (0)
  If it doesn't work you can remove the woofers and do the saw people in half magic act with it.
  Bill

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