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<blockquote data-quote="Brandon Wright" data-source="post: 115373" data-attributes="member: 2317">Re: tall skinny speakersIvan, Correct me if I am wrong, but while it may not be a line array it is an array of devices with a well defined patterns sitting inside a common horn.&nbsp;The whole idea behind the synergy line is that it emanates as a single source because all of the drivers are acoustically close. Now, this closeness is difficult in the highs so you want to try to get the single biggest, baddest high driver out there and you get my favorite Danley box in theory right now, the SH96HO. If you want to go louder you now have to start reducing it&#039;s radiating area, but now you need several to get the pattern you had previously. What you end up with is several well defined high patterns feeding a single horn. Now, anytime you are arraying, the fewer and more well-defined the sources the better. This is why the SH46&#039;s array so well vs your usual 3way box( 2 vs 6 acoustic centers). However few and we&#039;ll-behaved they are, they will still only approximate a single source if they are not acoustically close. Is it below the threshold of our perception? Maybe. I would really like to hear and measure the boxes in question ( J2, sbh10, Caleb, etc...) and find out for myself. I&#039;m sure the marketing guys don&#039;t appreciate me repeatedly asking this question, but Physics not fads right? Lol I am just trying to further my understanding. Thanks Ivan for any clarification you provide! Best,Brandon</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brandon Wright, post: 115373, member: 2317"] Re: tall skinny speakers Ivan, Correct me if I am wrong, but while it may not be a line array it is an array of devices with a well defined patterns sitting inside a common horn. The whole idea behind the synergy line is that it emanates as a single source because all of the drivers are acoustically close. Now, this closeness is difficult in the highs so you want to try to get the single biggest, baddest high driver out there and you get my favorite Danley box in theory right now, the SH96HO. If you want to go louder you now have to start reducing it's radiating area, but now you need several to get the pattern you had previously. What you end up with is several well defined high patterns feeding a single horn. Now, anytime you are arraying, the fewer and more well-defined the sources the better. This is why the SH46's array so well vs your usual 3way box( 2 vs 6 acoustic centers). However few and we'll-behaved they are, they will still only approximate a single source if they are not acoustically close. Is it below the threshold of our perception? Maybe. I would really like to hear and measure the boxes in question ( J2, sbh10, Caleb, etc...) and find out for myself. I'm sure the marketing guys don't appreciate me repeatedly asking this question, but Physics not fads right? Lol I am just trying to further my understanding. Thanks Ivan for any clarification you provide! Best, Brandon [/QUOTE]

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