LINE SOURCE PRINCIPLE

Conventionally, a loudspeaker is viewed as a point source, radiating sound equally in all directions in the shape of an ever-expanding sphere. Since domestic environments rarely consist of infinite open space, sound will at some point encounter room boundaries: floor, ceiling and walls.

Sound reflected repeatedly by these surfaces will add unwanted out-of-phase components, which become a significant proportion of what is ultimately heard at the listening position. In this way, the listening room itself exerts considerable negative influence on the final listening experience.

In order to take the room out of the equation, a vertical array consisting of a theoretically infinite number of point sources is created. The result is an impressive loudspeaker as regards design, construction, and sound.