Re: Help finding speaker name.

"Tim Perry" <timperry@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Ken" <kenzigg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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-12-200
4.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
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> Another oddball design from Sony
>
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/sonys-tall-omnidirectional-spe
aker-is-cool-looking-vague-299143.php
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> 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
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>
> 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
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>

The older ohm was what I thought he might be talking about, but I can't
imagine it in pro use...maybe just for one person acoustic...even that
would
be iffy IMHO.