Hi all. Lots of good info here and have learned lots, thanks! But one question remains - is there an advantage to mixing different-sized speakers in a multi-speaker array?
This is for my home organ, shoved into a corner of a small room with my back against a wall. So am thinking nearfield monitors are best bet, as am not trying to fill out any room and will be sitting fairly close to the speakers. (Hopefully can hang them from the ceiling to gain a little distance from them rather than on top of the console!) Will do some critical listening to see which ones I like best (Yorkville, Yamaha, Mackie, PreSonus, etc.) and whether to go active (powered) or passive with an amp.
Based on my reading and space requirements, am thinking that I want to go four-channels, running one pair of speakers through a sub-woofer. But each speaker brand offers various sizes, for example PreSonus Eris 4.5", 5" and 8" and of course different sizes of subwoofers (Temblor 8" and 10").
Is there an advantage to mixing speaker sizes, if they will match the frequencies/lengths of pipes better, based on the "Output allocation algorithm within group setting" assignment? If I go with an 8" sub, should I go 5" and 4.5" up top? Or 8" sub and 5" all across the top? Or 8" for all five?
My initial suspicion is "all the same", but if I allocate Pedal and Main to 1 and 2 (through the Subwoofer) and the "Upperwork" (as described in the User Manual, page 164) to channels 3 and 4, maybe smaller is better for those?
Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks!
This is for my home organ, shoved into a corner of a small room with my back against a wall. So am thinking nearfield monitors are best bet, as am not trying to fill out any room and will be sitting fairly close to the speakers. (Hopefully can hang them from the ceiling to gain a little distance from them rather than on top of the console!) Will do some critical listening to see which ones I like best (Yorkville, Yamaha, Mackie, PreSonus, etc.) and whether to go active (powered) or passive with an amp.
Based on my reading and space requirements, am thinking that I want to go four-channels, running one pair of speakers through a sub-woofer. But each speaker brand offers various sizes, for example PreSonus Eris 4.5", 5" and 8" and of course different sizes of subwoofers (Temblor 8" and 10").
Is there an advantage to mixing speaker sizes, if they will match the frequencies/lengths of pipes better, based on the "Output allocation algorithm within group setting" assignment? If I go with an 8" sub, should I go 5" and 4.5" up top? Or 8" sub and 5" all across the top? Or 8" for all five?
My initial suspicion is "all the same", but if I allocate Pedal and Main to 1 and 2 (through the Subwoofer) and the "Upperwork" (as described in the User Manual, page 164) to channels 3 and 4, maybe smaller is better for those?
Thoughts? Suggestions? Thanks!