Since we're talking about this, I've had my eye on Emotiva Stealth 8s http://www.emotivapro.com/products/stealth-8 . I assume they (or the upcoming Stealth 88 which adds an additional 8" driver) would do just fine for an ambisonic installation?
Now i just need to be able to afford 18 of those things.. On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Marc Lavallée <m...@hacklava.net> wrote: > "Andrew Castiglione" <mpega...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Have ever heard the difference between wood and plastic enclosures...? > > > > Wood is more natural... no pun intended. > > > > Plastic is problematic... loss of detail, rattles in high dynamics, > > plastic has a howled presentation to boot! > > > > Logitech is near field... you will push the amp and motor of speakers > > into DC > > What matters is rigidity; if a plastic enclosure is rigid > enough (for its size), then it would sound the same than a hard wood > enclosure. In the specific case of the Z506 model from Logitech, > wooden enclosures for the satellites would make no difference; the > drivers, the amps, and the enclosures are too small to shake. Only the > sub-woofer enclosure is made of MDF, for a reason. > > So, why not using the Z506 5.1 kit from Logitech? "Multimedia" speakers > are primarily designed as computer accessories; some are probably well > made, excluding the one in the MoMA's permanent collection (unless > aesthetic is the most important criteria). I wouldn't trust its sound > quality; it's a bit small unless the listening distance is less than 2 > meters, the centre speaker does not match the four other satellites, > the centre speaker have 2 mids and the satellites have one mid and one > tweeter, and the cross-over frequency for the sub-woofer is probably > near 300Hz, which is a bit too high. For Ambisonics, I believe that > better quality full-range or coaxial speakers, all matched, should be > preferred. > > I would only such use small multimedia speakers for a very compact > periphonic installation, along with 4 to 8 small sub-woofers for a > supplemental horizontal or periphonic low frequency decoder. > -- > Marc > > > > Cheers!!! > > > > Andrew Castiglione > > Retired WDI A/V - Imagineer > > > > Think awesome, build awesome and be awesome. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sursound [mailto:sursound-boun...@music.vt.edu] On Behalf Of > > Matthew Palmer > > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 6:16 AM > > To: Surround Sound discussion group > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] Very inexpensive surround speakers > > > > Has anyone tried a system that was using the Z506 model for Logitech? > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: > > < > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20131020/4bb > > dc1bd/attachment.html> > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sursound mailing list > Sursound@music.vt.edu > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound > -- Bearcat M. Şándor Feline Soul Systems LLC Voice: 872.CAT.SOUL (872.228.7685) Fax: 406.235.7070 Jabber/xmpp/gtalk/email: bear...@feline-soul.net MSN: bearcatsan...@hotmail.com Yahoo: bearcatsandor AIM: bearcatmsandor My public pgp key is included for verification of my identity -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20131020/a8b4ec9b/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
