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directional speakers

I just bought a Bacch4Mac bundle and am thinking of upgrading speakers.  Theoretica recommends speakers that are more rather than less directional.  I currently have Spendor S3/5r2 speakers.  No complaints at all, but I've thought of upgrading to Harbeth 30.2, Graham/Chartwell LS/6 or maybe Fritz Carrera BE.  Love the BBC mid-range, but I have no idea of how to find speakers with a tight rather than broad sweet spot.  Any advice would be appreciated.

treepmeyer
jon_5912
611 posts
 

This has off axis response graphed.  

"Despite the significant size, the 30 degree lateral output is almost as good as the on-axis trace, as is the 45 degree response. Only by 60 degrees laterally off-axis does this enclosure begin to become directive at higher frequencies."

Hi-Fi_Critic_SCM50PSL_WEB.pdf (atc.audio)

erik_squires
16,898 posts
 

Thanks for providing better source materials than my poor memory, @audiokinesis and @jon_5912 - It seems I was very much mistaken.  My bad.

I will say that I don't think "directional" is a bad thing, so I certainly didn't mean it as a negative, but in this case my expectations of the objective behavior of those speakers was clearly wrong.  I apologize.

audiokinesis
2,772 posts
 

@erik_squires, when the day comes that it's MY bad memory in the spotlight, I hope to remember your example and be half as gracious as you.  Mad respect.

Duke

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