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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 100698" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Danley SM 80 vs SM 60F?The side angles are cut at 40°-so they do &quot;array&quot; with the 80° pattern.However-due to the large driver-size of horn-wide angle etc, they do not array as seamlessly as the other arrayable Danley products.It is still much better than other products that simply don&#039;t array (despite what the spec sheet or name says).&nbsp; There is a little bit &quot;different sound&quot; in the middle.Not the typical &quot;swooshi swooshi&quot; sound of combfiltering as other cabinet have.&nbsp; If you were not listening to pink noise or moving through the pattern-I doubt most people would notice.I have tried changing the angle more and less, but tightpacked seemed to be best.&nbsp; Of course you now have a very wide coverage (160°)-so that might be an issue in some cases.However if you are going to hard pack them and use 1 as the main and the second as a &quot;fill&quot; speaker, then odds are the fill speaker would be turned down in level a bit.This would greatly reduce or eliminate the small interference issues.The SM80 was not designed to be used arrayed in pairs-but more as a stand alone single cabinet or a fill cabinet with larger systems.&nbsp; It makes a great wide angle front fill.The reason the sides are not flat is several fold.&nbsp; First the weight would go up.&nbsp; Second we wanted to have a small back volume for the woofer-so to maintain that-more wood (cost and weight) would be needed.&nbsp; And it would be larger.The angles also make it very usable for a floor wedge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 100698, member: 30"] Re: Danley SM 80 vs SM 60F? The side angles are cut at 40°-so they do "array" with the 80° pattern. However-due to the large driver-size of horn-wide angle etc, they do not array as seamlessly as the other arrayable Danley products. It is still much better than other products that simply don't array (despite what the spec sheet or name says). There is a little bit "different sound" in the middle. Not the typical "swooshi swooshi" sound of combfiltering as other cabinet have. If you were not listening to pink noise or moving through the pattern-I doubt most people would notice. I have tried changing the angle more and less, but tightpacked seemed to be best. Of course you now have a very wide coverage (160°)-so that might be an issue in some cases. However if you are going to hard pack them and use 1 as the main and the second as a "fill" speaker, then odds are the fill speaker would be turned down in level a bit. This would greatly reduce or eliminate the small interference issues. The SM80 was not designed to be used arrayed in pairs-but more as a stand alone single cabinet or a fill cabinet with larger systems. It makes a great wide angle front fill. The reason the sides are not flat is several fold. First the weight would go up. Second we wanted to have a small back volume for the woofer-so to maintain that-more wood (cost and weight) would be needed. And it would be larger. The angles also make it very usable for a floor wedge. [/QUOTE]

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