Re: Help finding speaker name.

"Ken" <kenzigg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Probably a dozen years ago, before he passed away, my uncle played in
> many local lounges in the Cincinnati area. He was using some really
> small speakers that sounded great and I would like to get something
> similar for my home karaoke setup. I don't rememeber what they were
> called but can describe them. They were cubes about 8" on each side.
> The tweeters fired upward into the botom of what could be described as
> the underside of a funnel. I would love to find out who made these.
> Can anyone help?

Personally I don't have any present need for omni-directional speakers,
however for those that do you may want to look at
http://www.soundsphere.com/

For the home user:
http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_11_4/duevel-bella-luna-speakers-12-2004.html
and http://www.wolcottaudio.com/WA_omni.htm

If you had a spare $35,700 in the year 2000 would you buy these?
http://www.stereotimes.com/speak041400.shtml

Another oddball design from Sony
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/sonys-tall-omnidirectional-speaker-is-cool-looking-vague-299143.php

How to test an omni speaker ... got 56 measurement mics handy? and enough
preamps
?http://www.sensound.com/public/Products/SenAH/Examples/omni_speaker_example
..cfm


Take a look at the older models of Ohm Acoustics and see if one resembles
the one you remember http://www.ohmspeakers.com/store_welcome.cfm