Todd, Rick Craig (Selah Audio) will build any line array you want (including Incredarrays) and it would still be covered by your $15k budget. I also suggest you email him to discuss your needs at length. Since you'll be using a pair of high-quality subwoofers, he would probably recommend nine 5" Accutons or ScanSpeak Revelators together with eight Fountek ribbon tweeters. He is also a specialist in using DEQX in his line arrays for the ultimate in speaker correction/speaker crossover/subwoofer crossover/room correction. In the meantime, check this beauty.
Line Arrays - Competitive with best dynanics, ESL?
Line arrays don't get talked about very often at all. We all talk about our Wilsons, or Kharms, or Von Schweikert... of course the representatives from the planar camp, the maggies, ML, Soundlabs... Also the horns - Avantegarge, Acapella, etc....
What about the line arrays? I used to have a pair of bottlehead straight 8s. Cheap, well implemented line array, and they sounded awesome. They didn't rewrite the books of detail or dynamics, but threw a very lush soundstage, and had a tonal "rightness" about them.
Has anyone changed from a well-regarded dynamic, planar, or horn and moved to a line array? Pipedreams? Wisdom? Others? What are the pros/cons of line arrays in your opinion?
What about the line arrays? I used to have a pair of bottlehead straight 8s. Cheap, well implemented line array, and they sounded awesome. They didn't rewrite the books of detail or dynamics, but threw a very lush soundstage, and had a tonal "rightness" about them.
Has anyone changed from a well-regarded dynamic, planar, or horn and moved to a line array? Pipedreams? Wisdom? Others? What are the pros/cons of line arrays in your opinion?