http://www.t-linespeakers.org/tech/bafflestep/index.html

Is this an issue for array speakers? Is it an issue only for speakers with passive crossovers, but NOT necessarily an issue for those who are using electronic crossovers and equalization with bi- and tri- amping.

I didn't think it was an issue for me since I equalized the whole system with the room(placing my microphone at the place of listening, not 1 meter from the speaker) and adjusted the amplitude of each of the speaker arrays within the confines of the whole room not individually as to sub lines in an anechoic chamber.

Marlboro

I'm wondering if its a point source issue or whether the cylindrical wash of sound in the near field impacts it. And, how much of an issue it is in the scheme of things for most of us who have our systems in fairly small rooms where the back wall and the side walls are less that 2 feet from the speaker itself.

In a large room, a theater, or a concert hall of some kind, its a horse of a different color.

Is it like off axis speaker measurements? I mean do you actually know anyone who doesn't slightly at least angle their speakers to the listening couch so that they don't have any off axis problems? Nobody I know listens to their speakers off axis, except when they happen to b e walking around, and then its used as MUZAK, or dancing.

Marlboro

Super. I was pretty sure that the dynamics of an array would change things dramatically.

Marlboro