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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Tue, 10 December 2013 12:17 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: Pi 3 or 4?
It is a pretty common question, you're right. And my answer is always that what you're really doing is choosing the midwoofer family more than anything else. Thes two speakers have very similar spectral balance. They are very much alike. This is even...
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Thu, 28 November 2013 09:35 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: 4 Pi and 7 Pi bass response- More similar or different?
A constant directivity cornerhorn doesn't suffer self-interference anomalies from nearest boundaries. So there is no need for flanking subs. Instead, you would want to setup the subwoofers as distributed subs, a little further from the mains and low-pa...
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Mon, 07 October 2013 12:46 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: 360 Degree Speaker?
They do exist, but I have never been a fan of this approach because indoors, it provides the wrong pattern. I don't want sound radiated at the wall behind the speakers, as much as possible.
In my opinion, the perfect setup is the constant directivity...
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Sat, 22 June 2013 11:55 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: Helper Woofer Location
If you can put the speakers in the corners, you really want to run seven π cornerhorns instead. They are designed for corner placement, keeping the sound source acoustically close to the apex of the corner. That removes the need for flanking subs becau...
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Fri, 07 June 2013 15:04 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: Pete's Home Theater Build
That's an excellent question, one that has been posed here many times. I think that the method you propose will work well, and there are plenty that have done it that way. In fact, if I did not have experience with the sound of a three or four π center...
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: 3pi with Sonido SCW-300
Looks great!
About the subwoofer information, look at the following links, which are a part of the Pi Speakers FAQ:
High-Fidelity Uniform-Directivity Loudspeakers
Speaker placement and wavefront launch
Room modes, multisubs and flanking subs
Hel...
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Wed, 24 April 2013 17:02 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: Rear wall distance
Good news - All of my designs are made to be placed right up against the wall. The only exception is the towers, which really need a few inches because of the rear port. But even they respond well to being fairly close to the wall.
More information a...
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Forum: Room Acoustics «»
Posted on: Tue, 18 December 2012 09:33 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Re: speaker location and type
Speaker placement depends largely on the type of speaker you choose. Some need to be in free space, not near walls. Others work better when placed close to walls. Some are designed to be placed in corners. Some should be pointed at the listening area...
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Wed, 28 November 2012 11:54 «»
By: Kingfish
Re: Speaker placement and wavefront launch
Now this is what I call a great source of information. Great visuals with just as good text to back it. Excellently detailed all the way around. Great job.
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Forum: Pi Speakers «»
Posted on: Fri, 05 October 2012 23:15 «»
By: Wayne Parham
Pi Speakers FAQ
The π Speakers forum has a wealth of information, and the search feature provides a way to access all of it easily. However, this page offers introductory answers to frequently asked questions about our line of loudspeakers and the design philosophies we...
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