Do you know everything you should about your speakers? Maybe you know the model number and power requirements, but do you know the coverage angle and forward aspect ratio? How long will it take you to find this information in the field? How many people will wait while you look it up? I spend a lot of time on every show getting to know all of the speakers I'll be using. I want to be as informed as possible for quick decision making on site. It's frustrating and embarrassing to take my … [Read more...]
One Simple Tool to Find the Right Size Speaker for Any Space
This is an article I wrote for SoundGirls. Here's the original. Do you usually choose speakers by guessing? I want to show you one simple tool to find the exact right speaker for any space. It is called Forward Aspect Ratio (FAR) and it is simply the shape a speaker makes, defined by depth and width. Here's how you can reverse engineer it to master the universe. Measure the depth of your space at mid-width. Measure the width of your space at mid-depth. FAR = depth รท width. … [Read more...]