Posted by FredT [ 24.175.116.95 ] on April 11, 2005 at 14:35:44:

In Reply to: Re: More on the Tweeter posted by justinc on April 11, 2005 at 14:16:51:

The tweeter is somewhat directional, so as you walk closer to the speaker the relative level decreases by a greater amount than it would if your ear remained at the tweeter level. So for party listening the point source tweeter will remain in reasonably good balance and shouldn't be a problem.

For serious listening from ten feet you will want to be sitting - the sound blance changes as you stand, probably because of the power tapering toward the ends of the array, and the overall effect is a slight loss of soundstage focus. It doesn't sound bad when you are standing ten feet away; it just doesn't sound as good as when you're sitting.

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