Focal Maestro/Scala Utopia III Evo, Focal diablo, Focal sopra, Wilson Audio Alexx, Alexia …
Focal Diablo Utopia - Bing images
Wilson Audio Alexx - Bing images
All these loudspeakers have the HF drivers angled down so that the high-frequency tweeters are pointing directly at the listener's ears.
I'm testing in my DIY speaker this configuration, also by align the vertical acoustical centers for physical time-alignment, and the focus I have obtained is incredible.
[I've done this as I'm modifying my actual loudspeaker, thus the added tweeter is quite distant from the woofer (>> XO wavelength)].
But the "angled speaker" is impossible to simulate in conjunction with the below not angled driver, and I didn't find any literature/documentation/study around internet. I can only test and adjust on the field...
Do you know pros and cons of this configuration? Or share any comment or documentation?
As far as I know only Focal and Wilson are using this, and they cost a lot!
Focal Diablo Utopia - Bing images
Wilson Audio Alexx - Bing images
All these loudspeakers have the HF drivers angled down so that the high-frequency tweeters are pointing directly at the listener's ears.
I'm testing in my DIY speaker this configuration, also by align the vertical acoustical centers for physical time-alignment, and the focus I have obtained is incredible.
[I've done this as I'm modifying my actual loudspeaker, thus the added tweeter is quite distant from the woofer (>> XO wavelength)].
But the "angled speaker" is impossible to simulate in conjunction with the below not angled driver, and I didn't find any literature/documentation/study around internet. I can only test and adjust on the field...
Do you know pros and cons of this configuration? Or share any comment or documentation?
As far as I know only Focal and Wilson are using this, and they cost a lot!
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Only familiar with horns, but they need to be properly aligned regardless of angle, so makes sense to do it with cone/domes also.
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In the two examples of Focal and Wilson I see that the woofers are oriented/angled while the tweeter remains on ( ears') axys. You said it opposite way.
With three ways it's much doable, as long as the WTM disposition is used, with 2-way speaker I cannot see the utility - except those examples where the woofer(s) sit on a tilted baffle, which gives a certain directivity.
With three ways it's much doable, as long as the WTM disposition is used, with 2-way speaker I cannot see the utility - except those examples where the woofer(s) sit on a tilted baffle, which gives a certain directivity.
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