I spend a lot of time in my kitchen- and living room listening to podcasts and audio books and would like to build a dedicated speaker for the purpose, prioritizing clarity.
I have a set of dipoles at one end of the room, but listening to those on the other end presents me with a 'fuzzy wall of sound', where I feel like I'd prefer a point source in the center of the room (hanging from the ceiling?). I've seen dodecahedron speakers used as point sources for acoustics measurements, but am unsure what would happen with those at the higher frequencies when the drivers would start beaming. I also don't think I'd need the vertical channels in this case? Or would it be wiser to keep those to keep it as a proper point source?
Another idea would be half of one of those, stuck to the ceiling. I feel that would give less ceiling reflections, but would also place the source quite high, where more towards ear level seems preferable from an experience standpoint.
I'm not sure where to take this yet, but would love to brainstorm with you all for a bit!
- David
I have a set of dipoles at one end of the room, but listening to those on the other end presents me with a 'fuzzy wall of sound', where I feel like I'd prefer a point source in the center of the room (hanging from the ceiling?). I've seen dodecahedron speakers used as point sources for acoustics measurements, but am unsure what would happen with those at the higher frequencies when the drivers would start beaming. I also don't think I'd need the vertical channels in this case? Or would it be wiser to keep those to keep it as a proper point source?
Another idea would be half of one of those, stuck to the ceiling. I feel that would give less ceiling reflections, but would also place the source quite high, where more towards ear level seems preferable from an experience standpoint.
I'm not sure where to take this yet, but would love to brainstorm with you all for a bit!
- David