Re: Need more head room, long, narrow room
I really don't see the point of your debate. What forum we are in has nothing to do with using all the available tools and knowledge to get the best setup possible.
You might not mind mud directly in front of the stage. I do. My experience is that is where the people who care most about the band will end up. If you want any vocals to be heard or understood at all you need that HF coverage. If your system is properly setup there is not additional ice pick in the HF close in because the HF should be balanced to the LF, and as I showed with the math above, just a couple of extra feet in height actually moves the audience back from the speaker.
Relying on bleed from the monitors is a loosing game in these days of IEMs.
As I said before, aligning the axis of the horn parallel to the floor, if it is symmetrical, puts half of the energy it puts out into the ceiling and back wall. In my mind that is wasted energy.
