Waveguide line source with dome tweeters

Is it possible to make a inwall line source dome tweeter array in a long waveguide?


F ex with Seas 27TDFC which have low fs.
Norwegian living rooms are 240 cm high and with 16 tweeters the line could be around 180 cm. C/C will be 112 mm and crossover maybe 1000-1200 Hz due to the waveguide and the number of drivers?

https://www.seas.no/index.php?optio...fc&catid=45:seas-prestige-tweeters&Itemid=462

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Using a tweeter with an existing waveguide is going to dictate the start of your overall waveguide. If you design that first, you might change your mind. One would assume you'll start that waveguide at 25mm in width... Have you also thought about the vertical source spacing?
 
Seeing the price of the Seas tweeter and the size of their faceplate and that you don't have enough on hand for the full project. I would advise something like the Peerless/Tymphany OC-25. Its a pain to mount because it doesn't have a faceplate but for the same reason can be spaced much tighter than the Seas device, which is what is really needed.

You should also look at the DMA45 1.5" full range driver, which is half the cost of the OC-25, which is about 1/4th cost of the SEAS, and will do almost as well, especially since you are toeing the tweeters in, presumably to aim at your MLP.

Regardless of what tweeter you eventually use and how many, some form of shading will be desirable to widen the vertical response window, unless you are content with seated only listening. This can be evaluated in a Vituix simulation using diffraction tool generated directivity based on piston diameter.
 
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