Who actually uses digital speakers?

So my counter question to you would be: what do really want; a nice and bundled, plug-and-play speaker package, or do you want to explore where active qua active (as separates) config. can really take you?

For this thread my real question was whether a digital input speaker system had an ecosystem or broad adoption.  I think you misunderstood my curiosity about the industry as being a request for help changing my system.  I have the former and no real reason to do the latter.

I can build whatever I want to build, Goddess willing and the river don’t rise, with time and effort. I was more curious about whether the Meridian (or possibly earlier) innovation of a purely digital input speaker had gone anywhere.

I have to say, the idea of simplifying a stereo to 2 high end speakers and an Ethernet cable seems pretty appealing. Whether I would go that route or not is a different question than where we are today as an industry.

The ideal width for our 120Hz line array is about 39”. In theory a flat 39” baffle will support our line array down to about 120Hz without baffle step or cancellation. That creates other problems along with being too wide for most home system. So we folded the baffle into an asymmetrical “U” shape. The inside of the back side is shaped to minimize cavity resonances. There a bit more to it but that’s the basics.

Hi Mike / @arion ,

I’m familiar enough with dipoles to understand the convenience of the U shape. I’m just dreadfully curious if you ever had flat prototypes and if so if you felt they were worth the excess floor space.

I’m asking in large part due to the very positive experience I’ve had listening to the SF Stradivari Homage and some gomments Troels Gravesen has made about how they seem to ignore the room they are in and impose the acoustics of the recordings.

Best,

Erik

Do Vanatoo’s count?   I think they do.  I have Vanatoo Transparent One Encores.  They are the bees knees on my wife’s sunroom.  Perfect in there.  Chalk one up!

Hi Erik,

Our baffle design accomplishes what we want and with DSP/Room correction wider  isn’t worth the extra floor space. A line array without DSP/Room correction, like the Infinity, is designed differently than our Apollos and can benefit from a wide baffle. There are pros and cons. Once again, the room becomes part of the equation.