Line arrays are expensive to do well and work best in larger rooms only as well, I believe, hence limited market.
Despite that, there are some good ones out there I believe.
Despite that, there are some good ones out there I believe.
Why so few high end line arrays?
To me the intrinsic "wall of sound" of this design are compelling. I recently tried a very nice 3 way w/ stereo subs in my system after 2 years of line array-only listening and the lost impact and scale of eight midbasses/ribbons per side was profound. I was immediately aware of the music emerging from boxes, despite very nice imaging. And it's not that the arrays exaggerate the size of voices and instruments. Does the materials cost dissuade manufacturers? Is it the size? Seems like relatively unexplored territory in high end home audio.