Posted by GarMan [ 216.13.136.38 ] on March 31, 2005 at 08:39:24:
In Reply to: Re: Directivity Index, Collapsing DI, etc. posted by Wayne Parham on March 29, 2005 at 15:45:32:
Not to dispute your points on directivity Wayne, but I find it strange that the exact opposite approach has been marketed as the most "natural" approach, with omni-directional speakers. Their argument is that when sound is produced naturally, it radiates out spherically in all directions. Therefore, speakers should be designed to do the same thing. I think this argument is valid in some respect but flawed in others. Not all instruments radiates sound omni-directionally. Brass and woodwinds are examples. Even natural speech is directional to some extent.
One thing I don't understand is how can omni-directional speakers be marketed at producing better soundstage and larger sweetspot when a large part of what you hear from them is reflected sound?
Gar.
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