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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Reply to Andrew Koenig (Re: A/B CD, BOSE 901)
Message-ID: <1318@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 28-Apr-85 13:00:22 EDT
Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1318
Posted: Sun Apr 28 13:00:22 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 28-Apr-85 23:52:03 EDT
References: <347@lcuxc.UUCP> <1476@druxu.UUCP> <731@mako.UUCP>
Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Organization: U of Waterloo
Lines: 27
Summary: 

In article <731@mako.UUCP> seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy) writes:
>In article <1476@druxu.UUCP> mohler@druxu.UUCP (MohlerDS) writes:
>
>>Also an electrostatic driver has in the range of 6 milligrams of mass
>>for a 1 foot by 4 foot diaphram and is driven over it's entire area. It
>>also has very good phase response and if properly designed no significant
>>ringing, and if crossed over with another driver for the bass has very
>>low frequency modulation and other distortions.
>
>A driver 1 foot by 4 feet is going to beam like crazy at hi freqs.
>
>This *may* be what you want, but you should be aware of it, as there
>is going to be a very small listening area.
>

if you sum the wavefronts from the 8 rear drivers already in a 901, you
get a similar one to a bent 1x4 panel.  it's reflecting off the walls that
gets around this problem.

Herb Chong...

I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....

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