Speakers with many drivers...


Over the years there have been quite a few high end (at least expensive) speakers with arrays of drivers. These were typically tweeters and small midranges.

I recall some from the old days of Polk, and more recently from McIntosh.

Could folks share with me their opinions of these.

I always wanted these as a kid, but never got to hear them. Now that I have the cash, I dont want to buy a lemon.

Thanks,

Ken
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Showing 1 response by mapman

For best soundstage and imaging I like driver configurations that emulate a line source or ideally even approximate a point source while listening best. Configurations that diverge from a line or point source are more problematic in regards to soundstage, imaging, and coherency.

Directional line arrays that emulate a line source tend to be large and expensive to do well.

I am a fan of the Walsh driver which emulates an omnidirectional point source using a single highly phase coherent wide range driver. The most cost effective implementation of Walsh drivers over the years have come from OHM Acoustics.

Here is another source of speakers using the latest techniques and materials to produce a fairly cost effective near full range Walsh driver based speaker system:

http://www.hhr-exoticspeakers.com/