Posted by FredT [ 76.31.85.80 ] on December 29, 2007 at 11:46:28:

In Reply to: Re: single driver line array posted by JPH on December 28, 2007 at 00:17:09:

It's hard to pinpoint a dollar value, but an array of three dollar buyout drivers will not mask the inherent distortion of most drivers at this price point. I've heard acceptably good sound from drivers as inexpensive as the Dayton Classic 5.25" in an eight midwoofer array.

I would have expected the 7" Dayton RS drivers to sound very good in an array. I built an MTM using these drivers and it sounds very good. I wonder if your RS8 array doesn't need more bsc for its placement in your room. Some speakers that sound very warm in my smaller upstairs listening room sound a bit bass shy in the much larger downstairs room with hardwood floors, lots of glass, etc.

Like I suggested, you'll probably like many charactristics of a single driver array, but at some point you my find yourself wishing for a tweeter array to make it perfect. Just my two cents based on my hearing the single driver arrays at the RMAF.

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