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Radical thought- Use 2 pair of speakers

Ok this sounds crazy at first but, is it possible and practical to hook up two sets of speakers for your mains. Each pair has it's own unique characteristics to why not add them together? It is still a 2 channel system. A bigger sound stage? If you have two matched amps, dedicate one to each? I know there are many reason why this cuts accross conventional logic but has anyone tested this theory?
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eldartford
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Tarsando...Professor Bose had a 24-driver (mono) system in the MIT music library in 1961. I don't know when the "sweet 16" project was published.

The Megaline speakers which Albertporter praises are described as a "line array". (Line arrays can sound great). However, the Megalines actually consist of three enclosures which are stacked.
eldartford
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Tarsando...It was 1956 when I heard the Bose system at MIT...not 1961. (I mixed up dates of high school graduation and college!) If you google "sweet sixteen speaker" you will find that it was Jan 1961. You will also see a lot of interesting info on multidriver systems.
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