Lrsky, just about 2 weeks ago I read an article in the news papaer (NY Times or PH Enquirer, can't remember which) which reported on a story concerning a German cable channel that transmitted a signal of a fire that was intended to replicate a fire place. Well, an elderly woman called the fire department claiming that her TV was on fire. When the firemen were interviewed they said that this happens periodoically, and recently an elderly woman threw water on her TV in an attempt to extingush her burning TV. This caused an electical fire that spread to neighboring apartments and the building had to be evacuated. I can only imagine the blazing effect HDTV is going to have! BTW, the fireman suggested that most people should be able to distingusih a real fire from a televised one.
Side firing bass designs - Pros & Cons?...
In an earlier "Adiogoner" thread someone asked if anyone had heard speakers from Amphion. I quickly went to their web site to see their speakers and noticed on the Xenon model they incorporated a side firing bass design. Based on the little bit of knowledge I've picked up from more knowledgeable audiophiles it seems to me this set-up would create time and phase coherency issues not to mention sending sound waves away from the listener instead of toward them.
Are there advantages in this type of design I don't know about, because Amphion isn't the only manufacture employing this side firing woofer strategy(Israel Blum uses it)? What are the pros and cons?
Are there advantages in this type of design I don't know about, because Amphion isn't the only manufacture employing this side firing woofer strategy(Israel Blum uses it)? What are the pros and cons?