WHITE PAPER COAXIAL RIBBON LINESOURCE

• phase coherent horizontally and vertically
• extremely even horizontal dispersion
• very limited vertical dispersion
• minimizes baffle bounce since the high frequency driver is located ahead of the baffle of the midbass drivers and any high frequency sound reaching the midbass baffle will have very low energy
• diffraction will be minimized by the small size and contoured shape of the high frequency drivers baffle (front plate). Newforms formed midbass enclosures.
• use of a Ribbon driver eliminates the multitude of nodes and cancellations inherent in a line array of small high frequency drivers for example 1" dome tweeters.
• use of the monopole Ribbon is a necessity to avoid excitation and distortion of the high frequency diaphragm by strong low frequency waves created by the midbass drivers directly behind it.
• it offers greater fidelity in a larger area of listening space than any other loudspeaker configuration
• the height and angle adjustment capability of the Ribbon structure allows exceptionally easy fine tuning of the sound radiating pattern of the speaker to ideally balance direct and reflected sound to suit the room environment and the listeners' taste.
• with the Ribbon in front, this co-axial configuration is highly scalable - the ceiling is the limit with no acoustic downside.

The Perfect Loudspeaker?

Illustrations:

Illustrations

• dome box horizontal and vertical
• parallel linesource horizontal and vertical
• coaxial linesource horizontal and vertical

• in room lower 2 midbasses
• in room lower middle 2 midbasses
• in room upper middle 2 midbasses
• in room top 2 midbasses
• in room full 8 midbass linesource (4 modules).
• Diaphragm size and alignment are the determinants of dispersion and room interaction and ultimately perceived musical accuracy.
• For conventional or parallel linesource loudspeakers, phase coherence due to the physical offset of the drivers cannot be corrected over a large listening area by electrical means. A coaxial linesource holds much higher potential for delivering phase and frequency response accuracy in a large area in any listening space.