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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 146783" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: WFX Nashville Live Sound Int. Speaker DemoFirst you have to ask the question-HOW is the beam steering done?It is done by adding cancellations to the signal.&nbsp; Basically phase shifting at different freq.You cannot put the beam someplace that it naturally cannot go.&nbsp; But you can cause cancellations for places you don&#039;t want it to go.And this comes at a price.&nbsp; The price is preservation of the incoming signal-ie sonic quality.This is true of all beam steerable products or setups-such as cardioid subs.So -as usual-you have to make a compromise.&nbsp; What is more important?&nbsp; Sonic quality or being able to steer the beam around?Something else the manufacturers don&#039;t want to admit-is that once you start &quot;steering&quot; the signal away from the on axis position-the max SPL goes DOWN.&nbsp; Because the devices are not summing as well as when on axis.So you may need a LARGER system to get the same SPL when it is steered.&nbsp; Of course the manufacturer will be MORE THAN HAPPY to sell you additional boxes to get the extra SPL <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I just have to wonder-what is going to happen in the future as computers come up with new operating systems etc.Will people be stuck with a system that costs a lot and they don&#039;t have a computer to operate it?&nbsp; Or do you keep out of date computers around just for the old speaker systems?I am going through this right now-since I got a new computer and finding out some of my old interfaces/devices no longer work due to a driver incompatability.Just something to think about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 146783, member: 30"] Re: WFX Nashville Live Sound Int. Speaker Demo First you have to ask the question-HOW is the beam steering done? It is done by adding cancellations to the signal. Basically phase shifting at different freq. You cannot put the beam someplace that it naturally cannot go. But you can cause cancellations for places you don't want it to go. And this comes at a price. The price is preservation of the incoming signal-ie sonic quality. This is true of all beam steerable products or setups-such as cardioid subs. So -as usual-you have to make a compromise. What is more important? Sonic quality or being able to steer the beam around? Something else the manufacturers don't want to admit-is that once you start "steering" the signal away from the on axis position-the max SPL goes DOWN. Because the devices are not summing as well as when on axis. So you may need a LARGER system to get the same SPL when it is steered. Of course the manufacturer will be MORE THAN HAPPY to sell you additional boxes to get the extra SPL ;) I just have to wonder-what is going to happen in the future as computers come up with new operating systems etc. Will people be stuck with a system that costs a lot and they don't have a computer to operate it? Or do you keep out of date computers around just for the old speaker systems? I am going through this right now-since I got a new computer and finding out some of my old interfaces/devices no longer work due to a driver incompatability. Just something to think about. [/QUOTE]

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