by Nyal Mellor
December 14, 2015
This will be a quick article that explains how to interpret manufacturer published speaker dispersion specifications and in particular how these relate to what you might see on an off axis response plot.
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by Nyal Mellor
August 07, 2015
This article provides a conceptual basis for understanding speaker toe-in and how it relates to the subject of speaker off axis response.
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by Nyal Mellor
February 16, 2015
ATC and many other pre-eminent manufacturers of what we call “forward firing cone / dome speakers” believe that for optimal speaker off axis response any given woofer or midrange driver should not be operated above ka=2.
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by Nyal Mellor
October 27, 2014
This article will consider the off axis response of constant beamwidth transducers (CBTs) and consequences for acoustic design. Previous articles in the series established the theoretical foundation in terms of the psychoacoustic as well as subjective importance of speaker off axis response and different ways to measure speaker directivity.
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by Nyal Mellor
June 03, 2014
This blog article is the sixth in a series on speaker directivity and off axis response. This article will consider the off axis response of omidirectional speakers (“omnis”) and consequences for acoustic design.
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by Nyal Mellor
April 20, 2014
This blog article is the fifth in a series on speaker directivity and off axis response. This article will consider the off axis response of coaxial speakers and consequences for acoustic design.
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by Nyal Mellor
March 06, 2014
This blog article is the fourth in a series on speaker directivity and off axis response. This article will consider the off axis response of constant directivity speakers and consequences for acoustic design.
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by Nyal Mellor
January 14, 2014
This blog article is the third in a series on speaker directivity and off axis response. Today we will look at the directivity characteristics of forward firing cone / dome speakers. This category of speaker design represents the vast majority of speakers manufactured today and what most people own.
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by Nyal Mellor
December 12, 2013
This article focuses on why speaker directivity and off axis response is important to the quality of sound reproduction that we get in our home theaters, two channel listening rooms and project studios.
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by Nyal Mellor
December 07, 2013
This blog article is the first in a mini-series about speaker directivity or off axis frequency response. For us the two most important things in determining sound quality in a home theater or stereo are the speaker and the room.
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