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"Radiation patterns of loudspeakers and musical instruments have absolutely nothing in common."

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In Reply to: RE: different types of loudspeakers specialize in different types of radiation patterns posted by KlausR. on October 24, 2010 at 08:36:36

Absolutely nothing? Or, is it a question of degree? No loudspeaker mimics the radiation patterns of musical instruments exactly but certain loudspeakers would seem to come closer than others in some instances, and sometimes that edge in similarity is what tips the scale in that speakers favor in those instances. The large radiating surfaces and dipole dispersion patterns of my old Magnepan 1.6 speakers had nothing to do with how realistic piano music sounded when I used them for this purpose? Are you saying that in-room frequency response was the only reason that piano music sounded so lifelike with these loudspeakers?

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