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[Drew Curtis]

made a rough sketch of what we're looking to puchase by next summer. files are a little big so here are some links:

www.ambientaudio.net/i/s1.jpg
www.ambientaudio.net/i/s2.jpg
www.ambientaudio.net/i/s3.jpg

3 EV MTL-1x Subs per side and 2 EAW KF650z tops per side. what do you guys think?

andrew

[Tom Manchester]

Looks good, but 3 questions:

-What are you sing it for? 20 people in a nursing home or 1000 in a field.

-can you center cluster those subs?

-What are you using as power (amplifiers) and processing?

[Drew Curtis]

the system will be used outdoors and in theaters (anywhere from 200 to 1000, and i think we'd be ok...
until we get lifts for the speakers they will have to be stacked...
we're looking at an omnidrive and crest pro 200 series.

[dave stojan]

You're going to want to splay the tops at a wider angle than shown. Nice stuff, tho - should handle 1000 people pretty well if properly powered.

All the best -Dave

[Michael 'Bink' Knowles]

dave stojan wrote on Wed, 30 November 2005 03:44

You're going to want to splay the tops at a wider angle than shown. ...

Yeah! In fact, what's shown is a certain amount of anti-splay, nearer to flat-front than flat-pack.

Andrew, your proposed speakers cover a 60-degree angle each. The way you should position a pair of them is with the back edges touching and the front edges separated far enough so that the 60-degree patterns blend smoothly together. Depending on the frequency you are looking at and the distance at which you are measuring, the answer will be between zero and fifteen degrees of overlap which means the total coverage per pair will be 105 to 120 degrees. I can't say exactly how many inches of separation you'll need between the front grilles--you'll be the best judge of this once you get it set up and take a hard listen.

-Bink

[Bennett Prescott]

For those 650s, pretend there's another box in between then and your splay will be just about right.

[edit: Wow, Dan, teaches me to try and do more than one thing at a time.]

[Dan Brown]

Bennett Prescott wrote on Wed, 30 November 2005 10:18

For those 650s, pretend there's anothing box in between then and your splay will be just about right.

Bennett,
I am sorry but your grammar/spelling sucks today.
Fix It!

db

[Drew Curtis]

will i have enough room using those subs?
the subs laid that way are 45 inches long.
the tops are almost 20 wide on the front side.  
i can see why this makes sense, when i made the sketch
i angled the inside speakers in 10 degrees, and the outside speakers out 7 degrees.  
 

[dave stojan]

Here's a link

http://forums.eaw.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_top ic;f=5;t=000046

All the best -Dave

P.S. Hi Bink