Comments on: DiPole Speakers http://solid-orange.com/312 Twistedsymphony's Playground Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: twistedsymphony http://solid-orange.com/312/comment-page-1#comment-93 twistedsymphony Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:21:18 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/312#comment-93 I do remember reading that post of yours once before... I would have considered building my own but Cambridge Soundworks was liquidating a lot of their current line of speakers and the S305 surrounds (3 way, 8ohm, di-poles) which normally retail for $350 a pair were on sale for $100 a pair... so I picked up 2 pair to round out my 7.1 setup At that price i don't think I would have been able to even buy the drivers to build my own nevermind the enclosures and x-over parts. I do remember reading that post of yours once before…

I would have considered building my own but Cambridge Soundworks was liquidating a lot of their current line of speakers and the S305 surrounds (3 way, 8ohm, di-poles) which normally retail for $350 a pair were on sale for $100 a pair… so I picked up 2 pair to round out my 7.1 setup

At that price i don’t think I would have been able to even buy the drivers to build my own nevermind the enclosures and x-over parts.

]]> By: jzoe http://solid-orange.com/312/comment-page-1#comment-51 jzoe Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:59:51 +0000 http://solid-orange.com/312#comment-51 This is kind of a psychoacoustic problem- I don't think there's any "right" way of doing it, just different ways that sound more or less like what you're looking for. I think that you could go a long way toward answering what you're looking for by doing quick mock-ups with cheap used or DIY speakers. If you haven't already read Linkwitzlab.com, check it out. I built something similar to the Pluto once, and the effect was pretty good for surrounds. Original blog post here: http://jzoe.com/blog/?p=793 I eventually turned them into direct-firing monopoles in conventional boxes, just for convenience and decor considerations, but I think they disappeared a little more convincingly played omnidirectionally. This is kind of a psychoacoustic problem- I don’t think there’s any “right” way of doing it, just different ways that sound more or less like what you’re looking for.

I think that you could go a long way toward answering what you’re looking for by doing quick mock-ups with cheap used or DIY speakers. If you haven’t already read Linkwitzlab.com, check it out. I built something similar to the Pluto once, and the effect was pretty good for surrounds. Original blog post here: http://jzoe.com/blog/?p=793

I eventually turned them into direct-firing monopoles in conventional boxes, just for convenience and decor considerations, but I think they disappeared a little more convincingly played omnidirectionally.

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