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<blockquote data-quote="TJ Cornish" data-source="post: 6323" data-attributes="member: 162">I&#039;m looking at the new Fulcrum TS215 subs:<a href="http://www.fulcrum-acoustic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Prod-Spec-TS215-v4.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.fulcrum-acoustic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Prod-Spec-TS215-v4.pdf</a>These are attractive to me because they&#039;re small, light, and still go pretty low.&nbsp; In addition, they&#039;re pretty short, which offers some interesting options.I&#039;ve spent a lot of time in various sims this past week, and it seems like cardioid center-clustered subs are pretty hard to beat for pattern evenness (I&#039;m aware of the tradeoff at the crossover point if the subs aren&#039;t under the mains).&nbsp; I&#039;m trying to figure out a sub model that I can manage and also deploy with the usual stage configurations I use:Situation 1: - 12&quot; - 18&quot; stage, no front access required.&nbsp; Situation 2: - 30&quot; stage front access required via steps, For situation 1, laying 3 of the TS215 subs side by side across the front of the stage with the middle one facing backwards seems to be a good fit physically - the subs are only 17.5&quot; tall.For situation 2, standing 3 of the TS215 subs on end with the middle one facing backwards gives me room to put stairs fairly close to the center of the stage, as the width of 3 TS215s is only 53&quot; wide, meaning the stairs are only 27&quot; off the center line of the stage.My question is how do these subs with their different shape and dual 15&quot; drivers differ from the standard subwoofer model available in Ray-End, which seems to be a single 18&quot; sub.&nbsp; Is there anything else I&#039;m missing here?&nbsp; If the subs are laying next to each other, does the width of the array detrimentally affect the cardioid behavior in a way other than changing the amount of delay required?It seems like this could work out fairly well for me if the result could be made fairly similar to what the simulator shows.Thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TJ Cornish, post: 6323, member: 162"] I'm looking at the new Fulcrum TS215 subs: [URL]http://www.fulcrum-acoustic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Prod-Spec-TS215-v4.pdf[/URL] These are attractive to me because they're small, light, and still go pretty low. In addition, they're pretty short, which offers some interesting options. I've spent a lot of time in various sims this past week, and it seems like cardioid center-clustered subs are pretty hard to beat for pattern evenness (I'm aware of the tradeoff at the crossover point if the subs aren't under the mains). I'm trying to figure out a sub model that I can manage and also deploy with the usual stage configurations I use: Situation 1: - 12" - 18" stage, no front access required. Situation 2: - 30" stage front access required via steps, For situation 1, laying 3 of the TS215 subs side by side across the front of the stage with the middle one facing backwards seems to be a good fit physically - the subs are only 17.5" tall. For situation 2, standing 3 of the TS215 subs on end with the middle one facing backwards gives me room to put stairs fairly close to the center of the stage, as the width of 3 TS215s is only 53" wide, meaning the stairs are only 27" off the center line of the stage. My question is how do these subs with their different shape and dual 15" drivers differ from the standard subwoofer model available in Ray-End, which seems to be a single 18" sub. Is there anything else I'm missing here? If the subs are laying next to each other, does the width of the array detrimentally affect the cardioid behavior in a way other than changing the amount of delay required? It seems like this could work out fairly well for me if the result could be made fairly similar to what the simulator shows. Thanks! [/QUOTE]

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