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<blockquote data-quote="Art Welter" data-source="post: 130183" data-attributes="member: 52">Re: PreSonus StudioLive AI speakers (Have you actually seen, heard, touched?)Chris,Most would prefer the subs to have substantially more headroom than the tops, looking at the Presonus specs, a one to one ratio would be advisable. Note that the sub has only half the power of the top cabinets.The tops are all 90 degrees, unless you actually need 150-180 degrees of coverage, the output will be overlapping, with attendant comb filtering (peaks and troughs in the response, uneven horizontal coverage). The definition provided by the coax mid/high unit and the Gunness tuning will no longer be there. That said, multiples per side will be no worse than other 90 degree cabinets, but if you think you need more level than a single cabinet per side, you would be better off looking at cabinets designed with (a lot) less horizontal beam width.Art</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Art Welter, post: 130183, member: 52"] Re: PreSonus StudioLive AI speakers (Have you actually seen, heard, touched?) Chris, Most would prefer the subs to have substantially more headroom than the tops, looking at the Presonus specs, a one to one ratio would be advisable. Note that the sub has only half the power of the top cabinets. The tops are all 90 degrees, unless you actually need 150-180 degrees of coverage, the output will be overlapping, with attendant comb filtering (peaks and troughs in the response, uneven horizontal coverage). The definition provided by the coax mid/high unit and the Gunness tuning will no longer be there. That said, multiples per side will be no worse than other 90 degree cabinets, but if you think you need more level than a single cabinet per side, you would be better off looking at cabinets designed with (a lot) less horizontal beam width. Art [/QUOTE]

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