Such a thing was offered for sale for consumers by DBX(as I recall)
a long time ago. I do not think it had much success--not
surprisingly since there is no real reason to want such a thing.
Robert
On Fri, 19 Oct 2012, Fabio Kaiser wrote:
Google for dodecahedron loudspeakers. There you'll find some results. These
kind of loudspeakers are used in room acoustic measurements. To goal is to
excite the room without directional preference. But mostly the single speaker
chassis cannot be driven independently.
Nils already mentioned that in research there are some institutions
investigation on this. The goal is basically radiation synthesis or beamforming.
Look here:
http://iaem.at/projekte/sphericalarrays/compact-spherical-loudspeaker-arrays/
best
Fabio
Am 18.10.2012 um 21:49 schrieb Augustine Leudar:
Spherical speakers ?
Are there such things ? - I tried googling to no avail. I dont mean
something like this :
http://www.instablogsimages.com/images/2007/08/13/eole-system_48.jpg
I mean that instead of a cone there is a sphere, and able to emit sound in
all directions I'm guessing if it hasn't been done its because it presents
considerable technical difficulties - still ...
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