Perhaps this has been discussed, but using Search I didn't find much. Loudspeakers come with different dispersion patterns: directional horns, dipoles, bipoles, omnidirectional, etc. In your experience, what pattern do you like for quad and why?
Audio mag, March 1973 stated "Quad needs Directional Speakers" (similar to the toe-in concept for stereo) to widen the listening sweet spot. That same year I talked to the guys at CES and they said no, no, you want a diffuse sound pattern for the rear ambience speakers. I think some people like very directional speakers for a center channel, to attempt to 'lock-in' the center vocalist to the center but this may limit the listening sweet spot area. Anyone tried omni speakers for quad, good, bad, why?
So clearly, I am quite confused. Let me know your experiences with different loudspeaker patterns.
Thanks,
Gary
Audio mag, March 1973 stated "Quad needs Directional Speakers" (similar to the toe-in concept for stereo) to widen the listening sweet spot. That same year I talked to the guys at CES and they said no, no, you want a diffuse sound pattern for the rear ambience speakers. I think some people like very directional speakers for a center channel, to attempt to 'lock-in' the center vocalist to the center but this may limit the listening sweet spot area. Anyone tried omni speakers for quad, good, bad, why?
So clearly, I am quite confused. Let me know your experiences with different loudspeaker patterns.
Thanks,
Gary