Vertical Boundary effects
A solid floor will act as a reflector. This will cause a vertical stack to perform as if it
were double the length, giving a useful low frequency boost accompanied by a
narrower, more complex polar response.
For instance, an 8 high ground-based stack of WSXs will act like the top half of a 16
high stack.
At 80Hz its smoothest vertical coverage will be from the floor to its own height
(4.6m) + 16.5º. It will, therefore, cover seats 19m above floor level at a distance of
50m and 34m above floor level at 100m.
It is possible to reach higher seating areas whilst retaining the long throw
characteristics of a tall vertical stack by electronically “tilting” the system - see
Section 4.11
.
Note that flexible floors may actually absorb sound at some frequencies so the
situation isn’t always so simple in practice.
Horizontal - 6dB coverage
The following table gives the approximate horizontal coverage angles of typical WSX
arrays - ignoring boundary effects.
WSXs Wide
Horizontal
coverage
(on sides)
40Hz
80Hz
160Hz
2
Wide
Wide
75º
4
Wide
75º
35º
8
75º
35º
17º
16
35º
17º
9º
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