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All the speakers the same brand and size? [message #23202] Thu, 28 September 2006 17:11 Go to next message
Marlboro
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Just thought of something that seems obvious, but maybe not....

Is it important for all the speakers in the array to be the same size and brand?

I mean suppose you upheld the c-to-c but some of them were Sammi's and some were Daytons, and suppose you made a woofer array where the bottom speaker was a 12 incher but all the ones above it were 7 inchers.

That seems crazy, but if you are using electronic crossovers, would it be?

Marlboro

Re: All the speakers the same brand and size? [message #23203 is a reply to message #23202] Fri, 29 September 2006 09:56 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Anonymous
My rule is;

Same tweeters
Same midranges
Same woofers
Same subwoofers

I wouldn't mix different tweeters, mids, woofers.

I woldn't make a woofer array of 7" drivers, then add a 12"
- just because - into the same box doing the same job. Either
bandpass both to do their own seperate job or make a full array of 7"
or a full array of 12".


Common sense rules.

Yeah I agree about "just wrong...." But why?????? [message #23206 is a reply to message #23203] Fri, 29 September 2006 14:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Marlboro
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OK.....But.....

If each goes into a separate enclosure, and if each is matched by sensitivity, and some other T/S qualities,

Other than it seeming just "wrong", Why is it :" Well.....that's just wrong!" Why....???????

I think mixing tweeters and mids might be more wrong than woofers, but I've seen people adding a piezo to an other wise line...but woofers.....

Marlboro

Re: Yeah I agree about "just wrong...." But why?????? [message #23207 is a reply to message #23206] Fri, 29 September 2006 15:34 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Anonymous
Speakers are electromechanical, hence differnt sonic signatures.
Two different tweeters, mids operating in the same range is akin
to listening to two different female vocalists live singing the same
tune simulaneously. Is it bad? no, but I wouldn't want to hear
it that way all the time. Mixing two sonic signatures is counter
productive as you want your speaker to have a specific personality,
not the Borg - where there are 1000 voices speaking at once. You
can do this, but the chaos might be information overload for your
brain and you may get fatigued. Sometimes is just better to eat a
nice piece of steak with salt and pepper cooked on an open flame
than to add 50 spices to it.

If you want to create a different sonic signature from the
loudspeaker, then create different ones by using your EQ and
crossover to alter performance, and you can always revert back
to a normal configuration too.



That makes sense! [message #23208 is a reply to message #23207] Fri, 29 September 2006 16:19 Go to previous message
Marlboro
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YEAH.....Thanks, Thy. That makes sense.

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