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Allison and Snell - Against the Wall

One previous trend that has vanished and I wish would re-appear is speakers designed specifically to go up against the wall.

Sometimes custom line arrays are made like this, but neither Snell nor Allison's approach required line arrays to work correctly.  Is there a brand out there now which has taken up these design ideas?
erik_squires

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theaudiotweak
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Peter Snell US Patent 3964571 if anyone cares to look and ponder..Tom
theaudiotweak
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John Dunlavy once told me his most coherent speaker was an in wall. Even though we were dealers I never saw or heard them. Best in walls I have ever heard were by James..aluminum cabinet that mounted to the studs in wall.
Had 3 different sales meetings with Peter Snell..every room has wall and floor boundaries several of his designs used these barriers to augment their performance or he created a speaker with it's own boundary the Snell 3a and a couple of others. Tom
theaudiotweak
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It did both..It had a rectangular but shallow bass cabinet with a downward facing weighted 10 in woofer slot loaded around 3 sides. The top enclosure contained the mid and tweet on a curved baffle..the tweeter was a dome but had a lens applied. The top and bottom mated up via pegs in the cabinet. Intended to place against the wall. Peter had a useful patent on cabinet designs to overcome boundary interference. Tom
 



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