Dodecahedron speakers.

[azira]

http://www.solidacoustics.com/

I saw these in this months Wired. Not only do they look cool but they seem to have a purpose. The clip says that they eliminate dead spots in the room. I jokingly showed my fiance the pictures and asked her what she thought about a set of these in her living room and she actually thought they looked cool. I'm thinking about building a set now. Does anyone have any feedback/input/oppinions on how they woild work? I think they might be useful as a pair of surrounds hanging from the ceiling. The other use might be just having them in a rec room.
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Danny

 

[joe carrow]

I've seen/heard some of these before, in a concert setting. A professor from the school i went to made some of these as stage monitors- the idea was that electronic instruments are not able to have the ambience and realistic existence within a room that acoustic instruments have.

For example- a guitar produces sound from the strings- but the rest of the body (talking about an acoustic guitar here) contributes a lot to the sound as well- and radiates in all directions.

Here's a link- http://www.arts.rpi.edu/crb/

I don't know how these would be for hi-fi... but i suspect that you're right that they would make good rear speakers. It could improve the illusion that there are really thing happening in the room behind you.

 

[Ron E]

Design Acoustics made some Dodec speakers in the 70's. They went over like ...well...you fill in the metaphor. If you search for dodecahedron loudspeaker, you wil find that these are nothing original. These are an attempt at reproducing the ideal pulsating sphere. In the context of reverberant measurements of acoustic spaces, I think it is a good idea, but in terms of Hi-fi, I am not so sure. The more indirect sound you have, the larger the contribution of the room to the sound of the speaker. If you prefer diffuse sound images, omnidirectional radiators may be just the thing for you.