Has Anyone Ever Run TWO Identical Pairs of Speakers ?


I’m considering buying an extra pair of tower speakers identical to the ones I currently own. I would wire them as 4 ohm speakers powered by about 250wpc,

Each set of two speakers would be placed next to each other so there would be 2 identical left channel speakers and 2 identical right channel speakers, with each pair separated by about 1/2.” 
My listening chair chair can be as close as 8’ from the “center” of the speakers to as far back as 20’ from the “center” of the speakers.

And the actual distance between these two seperate pairs of speakers could range from 6’ from each pair to as much as 18’ for each pair. I would of course spend a great deal of time ‘dialing” them in for the best sound.

Has anyone ever tried this, and what were your results?

I’d appreciate your collective informed thoughts.




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Showing 1 response by hilde45

Yes, vertical is much better, but you should know how complicated room acoustics get with additional drivers not built to coordinate with one another. You’re introducing a lot of extra energy into the room.

Imagine for a moment that you are trying to spray a garden hose set on "conical" onto a specific spot on your garden. Then, you put another hose just like it next to it -- or atop it. Just think about the kind of water sprays that would result at the intended target. You’d get a lot more water, for sure, but consider the many ways the water sprays would miss the target -- or, more important collide with itself along the way. On a hot day, on a human body or set of plants, none of this would matter very much, but for human ears which are trying to create precise sonic images -- in stereo, no less -- this will create quite a mess.