PhantomoftheOrgan wrote:Please help me learn how I can expand the "sweet spot" of my Hauptwerk audio system from just at the organ bench with a stereo pair of studio monitors to throughout my music room. It is not public performance, just some friends and I at my house. I was thinking about using cycling ranks and octaves and a wall of speakers. I have Hauptwerk advanced addition and can add several audio channels but don't see any sample sets out there that are not in a stereo format. I'd like to hear from some people who have had success with medium sized spaces, like chapels, before I spend a lot of money and possibly regret it.
Well that is the classic 'open ended question" ?)
First try using the speakers you have in a couple of ways. First simply put the smaller speakers up about at ear level while leaving the bass speaker on the floor. spread the smaller speakers slightly apart but not more that close to the width of the original organ case. Face the speakers to the rear of the room and seat the people in rows of chairs that are not wider than the stereo field and enough rows to hold the people. This will provide an opportunity to get all of the guests within the stereo field without absorbing the sound itself.
If that does not provide enough sound then add additional speakers to the rear in the corners (surround or reverb) to provide either surround or pseudo surround from impulse reverb.
Still want more? Add stereo pairs of identical speakers to the front space (a minimum total of six and as many as possible) to provide some movement and spatial separation among the speakers. But this is where things get complicated.
There are some others on here that have played extensively but rather unscientifically with multiple speakers.
Best of luck.
Thomas