The Supernova! (a full range flooder line source)

[Melo theory]

Wow Colin!
That's weird, that is the one that already use.
I just found it a couple of weeks ago.
Thanx bro.

[Colin]

It's very useful, isn't it? Amazing what a number of smaller drivers can achieve.

[soundaatma]

Would you know how to use this excursion calculator with dipole loading

Can it be as simple as multiplying the number of drivers times 4, if all other parameters remain the same for a sealed driver.
Thanks.

[Melo theory]

Hey Joy......
All I do is find out the IB (sealed) excursion limits, then subtract 6db for every octave of dipole cancellation.
You would only multiply by 4 if it was just 1 octave of cancellation, otherwise it would have to be to the power of 4.

[graaf]

so - how does the Supernova sound?

[Melo theory]

Oh, when I close my eyes....it takes me away to a different place.
Not the place of the recorded event mind you, more like a place with a gentle stream and distant eco's......and the wafting scent of fecal matter.
Yup, a sewer pipe. Hahaha!

I haven't listened to it since the day after completion. And there it stands, like a monolith of bad decisions. Haha!

[graaf]

Originally Posted by Melo theory

Oh, when I close my eyes....it takes me away to a different place.
Not the place of the recorded event mind you, more like a place with a gentle stream and distant eco's......and the wafting scent of fecal matter.
Yup, a sewer pipe. Hahaha!

I haven't listened to it since the day after completion. And there it stands, like a monolith of bad decisions. Haha!

ouch! bad luck!

did You use it so to speak straight or have You tried available filter approaches like Ambio algorythms or Elias' SSS passive approach?

[adason]

Melo theory, it takes a character to admit that he made a mistake...I admire that.

[Melo theory]

Haha......thanx adason!
I knew it was doomed from the start.
I build so much wacky stuff, sometimes I don't even care if it works or not. I'm not emotionally invested in the far out ideas that I have. I'm just experimenting.
I have a few more cracked out ideas for these vifa's.
You will see many more LSD inspired designs from this audionaught!

[Melo theory]

Originally Posted by graaf

ouch! bad luck!

did You use it so to speak straight or have You tried available filter approaches like Ambio algorythms or Elias' SSS passive approach?

Oh yeah...of course I used the miniambio on this. No matrixed stuff though.
I think a factor of my disappointment is that I just don't care for line sources.
Coupled with the fact that it's a flooder.....well, it images like a Monet painting.