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I'm with Richard: There's a song on Emerson, Lake, and Palmer's first album where Greg Lake's fuzz bass is panned vigrously... sure seems directional to me. ;-) ~Tim > [Original Message] > From: Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com> > To: Jon Southwood <jsouthwood@gmail.com>; <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Date: 5/20/2005 2:54:09 PM > Subject: Re: Re: surround looping > > At 1:14 PM -0500 5/20/05, Jon Southwood wrote: > >Regarding the 10.2 and the 16.8.1, I have to ask a potentially > >stupid question: > > > >I was always under the impression (having it read it many times) that > >the low frequencies for which a subwoofer is designed to reproduce are > >not 'directional'. By that, I mean (in case my terminology is off > >[likely]) that one cannot determine the direction from which the low > >frequencies came, or rather one cannot 'locate' the source of the low > >frequencies. > > I don't agree with this "truism" about bass having no directionality. > It's simply more difficult to localize bass frequencies, but given > that you hear bass with your whole body I think you can perceive > where different bass sounds are coming from. > > In a complex system with many speakers I think it works pretty well > to use multiple subs. This is especially true in a listening > environment such as a club where the audience is free to circulate. > > Also be aware that in a specialized setup the crossover frequency > could be tweaked to suit the combination of speakers and architecture. > -- > > ______________________________________________________________ > Richard Zvonar, PhD > (818) 788-2202 > http://www.zvonar.com > http://salamandersongs.com > http://ill-wind.com