Design and Implementation of a Constant-Directivity Two-Way 12” Woofer Wedge Loudspeaker System

Keele J,DB(, Sarvis H. Design and Implementation of a Constant-Directivity Two-Way 12” Woofer Wedge Loudspeaker System. In: AES Convention 143. Audio Engineering Society; 2017.pp. 377:1-8. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19328

@inproceedings{Keele2017_19328,
  author = {Keele, Jr., D. B. (Don) and Sarvis, Hugh},
  title = {{Design and Implementation of a Constant-Directivity Two-Way 12” Woofer Wedge Loudspeaker System}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 143},
  pages = {377:1-8},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19328},
  year = {2017},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society}
}

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AB  - This paper describes the design and implementation of a two-way constant-directivity wedge loudspeaker system that houses a single 12” woofer and eight 2” drivers in a 20° circular arc mounted on a curved baffle that covers the LF driver. An individual system comprises a 20° wedge box with a four-channel plate amplifier with two bridged channels driving the woofer, and the two other channels individually driving each half of the eight-driver array. This basic wedge box is then used in multiples to form larger circular-arc arrays of one up to six boxes making arrays that provide various vertical beamwidths in the range of 15° to 90°. Appropriate amplifier gains are chosen to smooth the polar coverage for each array size.
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