Floorstanders with a large sweetspot

"As a devotee for years of First Order Crossovers because of the phase correct delivery, I overlooked the directionality that they impart."

Lrsky, why is a first order crossover more directional?

I always thought dispersion to be more a result of other factors, like frequency, driver shape/topology, cabinet effects, etc.

Thanks.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I also forgot to mention that the speakers must have high WAF. This makes my task quite difficult. I wonder if Zu Audio speakers will fit the bill, or even the Tekton Audio Lores or M-Lores.

Audiokinesis Rhythm Prisms offer very flexible placement and a large sweet spot.

For SAF, "the near wall specific" North Creek Big Kats with Lee Taylor custom box work veneer on all sides would be very hard to beat: gorgeous wood (perhaps choosen jointly with your better half), and unobtrusive placement and size. Comes in somewhat over your pricepoint, but perhaps worth a stretch.

http://northcreekmusic.com/

>05-11-12: Mapman
>"As a devotee for years of First Order Crossovers because of the phase correct delivery, I overlooked the directionality that they impart."
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>Lrsky, why is a first order crossover more directional?

Excursion to produce a given SPL quadruples with each octave lower you play while a first order cross-over only halves output with each octave out of the pass band so excursion is still doubling in the higher frequency driver with each octave lower for a given program SPL level until the high-pass ceases to have a first order slope.

This forces a higher cross-over point where the lower frequency driver is more directional.

The larger frequency range of overlap between drivers covering adjacent parts of the frequency spectrum with appreciable output also causes more lobing in the vertical polar response.