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Old 03-19-08, 02:53 PM   #8 (Link)
 
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Re: If cost were no object...


Yep, the problem with line arrays is that you use a lot of drivers, which drives the cost up a lot. Also, for HT use if you're going to match the channels you pretty much have to have a projector and an AT screen. There's no real way to get the center speaker above or below a screen, it has to go behind it.

Does anyone here recall a pretty ridiculously expensive DIY line array? I believe the fellow had 7'+ towers, possibly two for each channel? I seem to recall them using more than one ribbon/planar per channel and a heap of scan speak drivers. It was in a really big HT room and IIRC he had matching a matching LCR setup.


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