http://www.tcsounds.com/linesource.htm

I don't see anything else on the TC Sounds site that references the individual components (midbass and full length ribbon) mentioned on the line array overview. TC Sounds may be an OEM to some other company vs. offereing these parts to the DIY market. It is hard to be encouraged about availability of these parts for DIY use at this point.

Jim

PS. You need to come see me again. Upgraded digital active crossover for the near field arrays--much better sounding--and a new Jordan JX92S with a ribbon MLTL.

I am considering line arrays for my HT room mounted in wall. The BG's are cost prohibitive. I hope whatever TC offers might be more favorable. If you interpolate the products shown on their site I could see the tweeter and mid unit wall mounted with their 3" depth subwoofer mounted below it as having high potential for an exceptional T set up. I would think that line array attributes would translate well to the typical HT listening room. I remember distinctly how musical your line arrays were even from te next room and how close proximity to one speaker doesn't negate the output of the other speaker. This characteristic especially I think would mean that an entire HT listening room within a near field environment would provide a very natural and realistic experience. Another posibility that is intriquing, would be to use te space available between the studs in an inwall application for a transmission line enclosure.

I'll have to come check out your new additions. I really appreciated your hospitality and patience.

"As far as line source goes, well I don’t want to give too much away, but as shown in the site, we will have 7+ foot tall neodymium ribbon tweeters inside that speaker. We will sell the tweeters on our site for DIY purposes, but I can’t give a timeline. But yes, these are 7 feet tall with no breaks, not individual ribbons. We will also have shorter and taller versions too.

The speaker in the picture is one of our prototypes, actually that’s a rendering of it I did in 3D Studio Max, but it looks the same as the original speaker which was not available for photography..

-Kyle @ TC"

Thanks for the link. I'm from Missouri until they disclose more stuff. If these long planars are like the long B-G and other ribbons, then they will suffer from low sensitivity and rolled off highs. I would like to be impressed as a long ribbon which has reasonable sensitivity and stellar highs would be a wonderful thing to hear.

Jim

Is there something inerent in the design of long ribbons that makes low sensitivity and rolled of highs likely?

I hope they may be on to something, but we'll see. If there's a pre-sale I'll really be suspicious. I'm also curious about what they have planned for mid range units, as they are the most vague about this.

jw

I do like discrete tweeter line arrays made from the 5-7" true ribbons from Fountek and Aurum Cantus. You get excellent horizontal dipersion, high sensitivity, and exceptional sound albeit at a price and coverage only down to about the 1000 kHz area .

Jim

Thanks for the explanation.

Thanks