Planar drivers ... not just for tweeters anymore

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CoronaOperator
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Planar drivers ... not just for tweeters anymore

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Point sources: -6dB's/doubling of distance
Line sources: -3dB's/doubling of distance
Plane sources: 0 dB's/doubling of distance :chainsaw:


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2 x 29" width dual Lab12 Tuba60
6 x DR250 2510/asd1001
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Bill Fitzmaurice
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Re: Planar drivers ... not just for tweeters anymore

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CoronaOperator wrote: Plane sources: 0 dB's/doubling of distance
There's no such thing as a source with 0dB losses. That's a line source. Too bad it's oriented the wrong way. :cop:
Very impressive if you don't know how speakers work. Needless to say, I'm not impressed.

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Re: Planar drivers ... not just for tweeters anymore

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Bill Fitzmaurice wrote:
CoronaOperator wrote: Plane sources: 0 dB's/doubling of distance
There's no such thing as a source with 0dB losses. That's a line source.
That's only because they haven't stacked the boxes to infinity on each axis yet and replaced the atmosphere with an ideal gas. I give them an A for effort though.
Built:
17" width 10" driver Autotuba
2 x 29" width dual Lab12 Tuba60
6 x DR250 2510/asd1001
In progress:
2 x DR250 2510/asd1001
For best results, point the loud end of the array towards the audience

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#4 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

CoronaOperator wrote: I give them an A for effort though.
I give them a 'D'. If they'd taken the effort to read a book on acoustics and learn the right way to do it they'd have gotten a better result with 1/3 the speakers. Then they might have gotten an 'A'. :oops:

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