I won't stop with the HT posts. =P But it's audio related, so lets talk. Now I believe I read somewhere that an isobarik setup will yield better response, correct? Keep things more linear.....In the world of car audio, some people do this with subs, but it is impractical for your frontstage. Well, what about in the world of HT...if you were to have your front speaker utilizing an isobarik setup for the midwoofers, what kind of result would that create? Also, I'm not that informed about isobarik setups, so would it also be practical? Or would it just be better to have two woofers on the baffel instead...? Just wondering.... POW POW :boxing:
Isobarik is usually referred to subwoofers only. Applying it to a midrange has proven to be somewhat futile. You knock your enclosure requirements down by 1/3, and your distortion in half (at the least). Most midrange/midbass drivers do fine on their own as far as enclosure sizes go, so no one that I know of utilizes this alignment for their midrange/midbass setup. I mean you're talking about knocking down your enclosure size from probably .3 cubes to .13 cubes, while not gaining any substantial lower-midrange performance. But theoretically distortion would be lower. Then again, there's always the ideology of a line-array or an MTM configuration if you're considering using multiple midrange/midbass's.
I think it should be noted as well that midrange/midbass is more directional then sub frequencies. By running a clamshell iso setup you will effectively redirect the energy with the motor and basket... obviously not beneficial. However, with a little fancy enclosure design you can build an iso with no speaker interferance, but the difficulty in attaining minimal space behind the driver facing out (to maximize coupleing) makes it not too worthwhile IMHO. Also, the extra power required to drive the system makes it more expensive.
Hmm....ok. I just got to thinking that it lowers distortion by keeping things more linear, so thought I'd ask. Guess I got my response Oh, and I was more conscerned about reducing distortion, not box size. But thanks for the responses...
