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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 109392" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Lumbar Array?There are a number of systems out there that are acoustic &quot;enhancers.HOWEVER one thing that they all have in common (and NOT in common with this setup) is that they use very low Q speakers (ie wide coverage angles-NOT narrow).The use of narrow pattern speakers (and especially ones that are narrow at some freq and wide at others (as a short line will do) will provide very erratic coverage/reflections around the room.The idea is to provide a more omni type source (as most natural acoustic sounds are) so that the reflections are more diffuse sounding and &quot;scatter&quot; around the&nbsp; room more.&nbsp; Narrow pattern speakers won&#039;t do this.Yes you can do &quot;something&quot;, but how effective is the final result.The systems I have worked with that used wide dispertion speakers and properly setup work quite well.&nbsp; It takes a lot of DSP and amplifier channels however.It ALSO takes lots of speakers placed all around the room-so that the individual speakers act as the reflective source.&nbsp; It is NOT just a matter of adding some &quot;reverb&quot; to the mix.&nbsp; The &quot;systems&quot; use mics over the audience to &quot;pull&quot; the audience into the experience.&nbsp; Simp.y adding a reverb unit to the stage instruments is NOT the same thing-and the &quot;experience&quot; is quite different.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 109392, member: 30"] Re: Lumbar Array? There are a number of systems out there that are acoustic "enhancers. HOWEVER one thing that they all have in common (and NOT in common with this setup) is that they use very low Q speakers (ie wide coverage angles-NOT narrow). The use of narrow pattern speakers (and especially ones that are narrow at some freq and wide at others (as a short line will do) will provide very erratic coverage/reflections around the room. The idea is to provide a more omni type source (as most natural acoustic sounds are) so that the reflections are more diffuse sounding and "scatter" around the room more. Narrow pattern speakers won't do this. Yes you can do "something", but how effective is the final result. The systems I have worked with that used wide dispertion speakers and properly setup work quite well. It takes a lot of DSP and amplifier channels however. It ALSO takes lots of speakers placed all around the room-so that the individual speakers act as the reflective source. It is NOT just a matter of adding some "reverb" to the mix. The "systems" use mics over the audience to "pull" the audience into the experience. Simp.y adding a reverb unit to the stage instruments is NOT the same thing-and the "experience" is quite different. [/QUOTE]

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