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Maybe as a woofer tower

An 8" driver is good to only about 2k for consistent directivity. There are good reasons why you don't find full range line arrays using such a large driver. Successful designs all use much smaller ones.

Here's Roger Russell's IDM-25 using 3.5" drivers:



Scaena took a similar approach using 4" drivers up to 5k where ribbons take over:



The IDS required equalization for the bottom. Scaena used "depth charge" subwoofers.







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