RE: Prometheus as monitors?

Posted by Robert Bastani (M) on July 26, 2007 at 23:33:27

In Reply to: Prometheus as monitors? posted by hungrych@gmail.com on July 26, 2007 at 12:29:26:

Hi,

you can use Prometheus in nearfield- applications, the broadband single driver- design allows a close listening- position. Common multiway- speakers require a bigger listening- distance for the addition of the different drivers which play in the midrange.
The close distance of the open baffles to the sidewalls can cause a higher cut- off to the woofers and the early reflexions from the walls can disturb the imaging. I recommend an easy inexpensive trial with small open baffles, this shows instantly if the placement works. This also depends a lot on individual room- geometry and surface of the walls.
In case that open baffles doesn`t work with the close wall- placement it is possible to built small sealed cabinets which cover the widebands. Then the benefits of open baffles are lost but i know from own experiences and a number of customers who did it this way to get a centerspeaker for their surround- setup that this method also results a very good sound compared to conventional speaker- designs. The benefits of high efficiency, the single- driver clarity and imaging will stay.
When you built sealed cabinets for the widebands the soundquality of Prometheus in comparison to any other speaker is interesting and there is the option to switch to open baffles later when eventually your room has changed.
Btw: For corners without any space to the walls sometimes there are horn- based speakers (midrange) an alternative because of the small dispersion (only few early reflexions from the sidewalls) but these are not good for monitoring and they require a big listening- distance.

Regards
Robert Bastani

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