shinksma
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This thread is spurred by this past weekend's sound gig for a multi-band festival, where one band's guitar player had a closed-back Marshall 4x10 (I think, maybe a 4x12) that proved to be very directional and made my job of mixing it into the PA a bit of a challenge - the audience straight out from his cab got more guitar than those on the sides...
The latest Chinese-made 2x12 speaker cabinets from PRS have an asymmetrical speaker arrangement. From Sweetwater's site:
There is an Orange open back cab that exhibits a similar (but oppositely arranged) asymmetry:
I am very used to seeing 2x12 being exactly side by side.
Does this asymmetrical pattern reduce directionality any useful amount compared to a "classic" 2x12, or just make for a smaller, more compact, cheaper to make, box?
The latest Chinese-made 2x12 speaker cabinets from PRS have an asymmetrical speaker arrangement. From Sweetwater's site:

There is an Orange open back cab that exhibits a similar (but oppositely arranged) asymmetry:

I am very used to seeing 2x12 being exactly side by side.
Does this asymmetrical pattern reduce directionality any useful amount compared to a "classic" 2x12, or just make for a smaller, more compact, cheaper to make, box?