Tim Padrick wrote on Sat, 01 May 2010 09:51 |
Wouldn't a D'Appolito configuration have been better than having the horn at one end? Or are they a three way with 3 woofs and a mid?
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Actually, my money's on a frequency-shaded design, or '2.5-way' where the lower woofers are rolled off progressively with increasing frequency. With a frequency-shaded design, if you get too many of them side-by-side to where pattern control begins happening because of the dimensions of the LF array, they'll start to take on a 'thick' character that has to be EQ'ed down 3-6dB depending on the room or absence of, but frequency-shaded trap boxes will sound fuller as single boxes in the midbass without needing a large number of enclosures because the shading frequency is usually chosen to be the frequency below which the enclosures lose pattern control and begin to radiate spherically.
It looks like an interesting design experiment, but I doubt owners of EV Phoenix or JBL SRX would be dumping their stock to go with these.
Now -- if the 10" drivers have a low Fs, the enclosure tune can be lowered into the 50's, and you can begin questioning the need for a subwoofer for a lot of material. I could see these being a useful box for the street festivals that happen around here, and they're probably different enough to generate some interest for the Ramsdell brand.