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Sound Without A Loudspeaker

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I know, I'm over the edge, bats in the belfray, but here goes.

Earlier today I finally discovered how to position a set of dipoles to get the best out of them. I have carpet burns from 18 months of humping my Maggie 3.6's around the living room, but today it finally all fell into place.
What you do is this. Get the speakers well off the front wall, in my case about 9'. Fire them towards a reflective back wall with some toe-in. Then, take your listening chair and sit behind the speakers, about 5 feet back.
What you'll hear is a sound emerging from a space that does not have a loudspeaker in the space. The sound is reflected off the back wall and a stage is formed in the room against the backwall that comes into the room about 12'. Again, there is no loudspeaker in the part of the room where the soundstage is developed, so the word 'transparent' takes on a whole new meaning. The sound is so natural and effortless that it is impossible to resume the 'normal' listening position after the experience.
One might think that sitting so close to the actual source of the sound, you would hear the speaker itself, but you don't, just the sound reflected off the opposite wall.
The soundstage has no boundaries, it is huge. There's a live performance in my living room and I feel as though I could stand up and walk around the performers. Words like 'imaging' don't even apply. It's just all there, where it should be.
It is sound coming from a space without a loudspeaker, and it's just blown my mind.




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Topic - Sound Without A Loudspeaker - Rooze 10:17:09 03/1/05 ( 17)