Duke

The Olive and Toole AES paper linked to above has a lot of info. My books distill and advance the understanding in some ways, as we...

You are right. When I talk of sound quality I am referring to timbral effects, aiming for neutrality as the ideal. Spatial qualities are...

I think you're right. Thanks for the reminder. I am under the impression that reflections can have a significant (though secondary to...

@Duke it is possible that Dr Toole is using the term sound quality, in his first post above, with precision. In his books Dr Toole...

The late great David Smith (designer of the landmark JBL Model 4430 among others) posted this on another forum: "... we...

Very interesting! THANK YOU!!

Only if audience "coverage" is at stake does performance at most other angles matter. In sound reproduction it is substantially...

Thank you. It makes sense that the horizontal reflections are the ones which matter most, and that getting them right takes priority...

Vertical walls are the dominant reflecting surfaces so far as ears in the horizontal plane are concerned - what happens at other angles...

Thank you for once again articulating a distinction that is easily overlooked but which offers valuable insight. If I understand...

They are also remarkably short. Only a couple of inches deep measured from the mounting plate to the outside edge. Rob :)

The M2 and the Revel Salon 2 were close enough in my listening to it in the speaker shuffler room at Harman, and in the reference...

Pro audio people like to talk of "polars", tradition from the old 1/3-octave days. Related to audience coverage, which is the essence of...

NO!

Sometimes. I was once tasked with "fixing the horn honk" on a loudspeaker. A notch filter on the woofer cured it. The resonances...