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When I went into the room to see these I was the only one in there (besides the guy running the room). So I handed him a familiar disc and gave them a listen. Having no crossover they had no baffle step compensation. So from about 1000Hz and down they got a little lean. To compensate for the lack of bass the speakers were pushed right up to the wall. They were positioned on the long wall and the rooms are 13 feet wide so I was about 10 to 11 feet away from the front of the speakers. I also quickly noted that the top end was not there. I'd say everything from about 3kHz and up was really rolled off. All the air and space that went along with the piano that I was listening to was gone. Imaging was 2D and sound like it was all playing from the wall forward. They remind me of the old saying about Bose. No highs, no lows. To make matters worse, not only did they sound badly but they were very expensive.
Has anyone implimented multiple Lowther full range drivers in an open baffle array? Say four or five drivers per side. With the idea being to generate good bass without losing speed and a boomy cabinet. Very interested to hear the results if someone has been brave enough.
I can actually hear the comb effect close up to the B200 array, but the further away I listen, the less obvious it becomes and, at my usual listening position at around twelve feet away, it is not obvious at all.
I would have personally only allowed one driver to play full range and brought the others in at the lower ranges. This would give you a smoother response and sensitivity would have still been the same.
Opnlybafld,Did you wire your B200s in series parallel or in parallel? If you wired them in series parallel I am not surprised they sounded strange and gave a poor soundstage. I can compare both wiring systems on my lines very easily by changing a few 4mm plug positions and the difference is not subtle. Series parallel wiring looses all coherence and this is what Danny thinks I should be hearing from my line source. This begs the question how can you appraise the performance of a line array under the conditions imposed by series parallel wiring. You may be attributing audible problems to the wrong cause.RegardsPaul