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<blockquote data-quote="Brandon G Romanowski" data-source="post: 32760" data-attributes="member: 57">Re: EAW KF760 Line Array (with KF730 under hang)Bennett, &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Divergence Shading is an EAW term. As I understand it, the 761 and 760 are driven at the same level but use different pattern horns. So they spread the same acoustic energy differently. When you array them together the crossover is fairly seamless. When you use a 730 as an underhang you have one more complicated crossover to manage. In a large flat space putting that crossover somewhere convenient is going to be difficult or at least time consuming. Basically why put a difficult crossover in the middle of an array ? why not try to limit those as much as possible? From the EAW 760 whitepaper : &quot;Because of the differences in output levels, intensity shading also invariably creates frequency response problems in the coverage seams between vertically adjacent enclosures.&nbsp; These output level differences also cause end of column effects that seriously degrade the performance below the array in the near field — right in the prime audience seating.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brandon G Romanowski, post: 32760, member: 57"] Re: EAW KF760 Line Array (with KF730 under hang) Bennett, Divergence Shading is an EAW term. As I understand it, the 761 and 760 are driven at the same level but use different pattern horns. So they spread the same acoustic energy differently. When you array them together the crossover is fairly seamless. When you use a 730 as an underhang you have one more complicated crossover to manage. In a large flat space putting that crossover somewhere convenient is going to be difficult or at least time consuming. Basically why put a difficult crossover in the middle of an array ? why not try to limit those as much as possible? From the EAW 760 whitepaper : "Because of the differences in output levels, intensity shading also invariably creates frequency response problems in the coverage seams between vertically adjacent enclosures. These output level differences also cause end of column effects that seriously degrade the performance below the array in the near field — right in the prime audience seating." [/QUOTE]

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