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Jim Lesurf wrote:
Can't comment on the 'maui' or PA-only brands. If it were me I'd look
for some modest 'hifi maker' models and - if the situation required -
possibly use more than two, distributed to give an even sound around the
hall. All depends on the hall and what you're doing. Others here may
have more experience with the PA brands, etc. I've only really noticed
Bose because they sounded so awful to me that I looked to see what crap
the place was using! After a while I could tell in advance from their
'signature' sound.

It's a perennial problem with churchy type places. As you say for decent
coverage - especially for live speech - you need multiple speakers. The
days of a preacher projecting from a pulpit have gone with many.
But that is far more difficult to rig on a temporary basis and also to
install permanently. Hence all these weird and wonderful 'single' speaker
solutions.

The principle of line source columns has been around for many a year.
But the principle of how to use them misunderstood for just as long.
They are only of benefit where the mic is positioned in the dead area of
the speaker(s). If the mic has to be used in the area the speakers
cover, they are of no benefit whatsoever. Also, to deliver a decent DP,
they have to have a restriced frequency range. To make them directional
at low frequencies would also make then extremely large.

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