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"just like an instrument does"

MBL speakers may radiate in 360 degrees, but do all instruments really do the same? Horned instruments fire towards the audience, no? Stringed instruments can fire upwards and/or forward, no? Sure their sounds travel in all directions, but towards the audience seems where most of the energy would be directed. Then there's your amplified instruments, with their speakers always firing forward. Having a speaker radiate sound equally in all directions doesn't seem to make sense. I've never heard a pair though and they may very well sound excellent and more realistic. Could it be that omni-directional speakers favor unamplified music more so than say, a rock concert? Interested to hear others thoughts on this.

voolston - audiophile by day, music lover by night!



Edits: 11/24/20

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