Transverse-mounted ribbon tweeters?


Has anyone seen a speaker with ribbon tweeters that are transverse-mounted? This would make the directivity pattern vertical instead of horizontal, which in almost all cases would be undesirable. However, if you were installing drivers to target one specific listening spot and the only variable was the listener's height, then a vertical directivity pattern would be more desirable I would think. Does anyone know if there are any detriments to installing and operating ribbon tweeters on their side? Are they sensitive to gravity? Thanks in advance,
maxyott251f

Showing 1 response by jeffreybehr

Greg, John--'narrowing' the vertical response? I think not.

Mounted vertically, ribbon tweeters have very little vertical dispersion because they're relatively tall. Horizontal dispersion is wider. When one mounts it 90 degrees off vertical, or horizontal, the vertical dispersion is now much greater than it was and the horizontal dispersion is narrower.
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