Correction: The drivers are 2.5 inches, not 4.
So many drivers.....better sound or just more sound?
I am sitting in Seattle cut off from my job by the virus: the world all around me is going nutsy....so naturally my mind drifted to the question....."why so many drivers in some speakers?" This has bugged me since i first heard the Pipedreams (twenty or so 4 inch drivers all the same in a row.... such a different design principle. I would think you would want the best driver you could afford for a given application....cover the frequency range as accurately as you can afford and then worry about volume level, air moved etc. For instance, i heard some McIntosh speakers at a friend's house a few months back. they had 12 mids and 4 high drivers if i remember. I guess maybe a bigger sound stage ? That wan't obvious to me in my listening to them. Am i missing something obvious? Legacy speakers use like 11 drivers in a set of speakers.....how can they do that? I would love to know the cost per driver of various speakers. Not a deep subject but, i am addled by rain, boredom and the fear that my 401 k is gone..........
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Parts Express/Dayton Audio has a speaker kit (also available as a finished product) that features an arcing array of 4 inch drivers. I wondered what the advantage of all these little drivers could be, but it might be as millercarbon noted, that spreading the signal over so many drivers reduces the degree to which any one driver has to carry the load in terms of excursion. I haven’t heard them, as they would require more space than I have. But they looked interesting. In case you are interested: https://www.parts-express.com/epique-cbt24k-line-array-speaker-kit-pair--301-984 Good luck to you in coping with these trying times. |