Curious about your thoughts - speaker exciters
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I am extremely intrigued by these.
I know they are not high fidelity by any means - so don't expect to see these replacing a good set of speakers.
However, if one is considering a typical TV sound bar, I'd seriously think about making two large panels, perhaps with a movie poster or art poster glued to it, with exciters on them mounted on each side of the TV and a modest subwoofer.
I've often thought this would be more aesthetically pleasing and might sound perfectly acceptable.
I know they are not high fidelity by any means - so don't expect to see these replacing a good set of speakers.
However, if one is considering a typical TV sound bar, I'd seriously think about making two large panels, perhaps with a movie poster or art poster glued to it, with exciters on them mounted on each side of the TV and a modest subwoofer.
I've often thought this would be more aesthetically pleasing and might sound perfectly acceptable.
I'd build with these for a customer, but only if there was a proper reason for using them - the best reason being for cosmetic reasons. While I haven't used the DIY exciters myself, I've heard other people's attempts to make speakers with exciters as well as some commercial applications which have different goals than high fidelity.
What I see as a possible appropriate application for these is a foam board about 24 x 36 inches in size with a movie poster or art print glued to the front. With the right exciter placement and placement, a one of these on each side of a wall-mounted TV in a living room or party space would be very interesting. Better sound than the TV speakers or cheap small speakers, but completely hiding any perceived presence of speakers, this could be interesting.
But, I know they will never sound on par with a similarly priced bookshelf or soundbar sized custom speaker I could build using traditional methods.
would these serve well as dolby atmos speakers? instead of having speaker directly above your head, and with frequencies going to about 100hz, i assume it might be a better alternative to full on bookshelves or surrounds.
i thought i head that the 'speaker' has to be isolated, that it was hung on string. i therefore think you cant just mount them with glue or install them with hooks right?
i thought i head that the 'speaker' has to be isolated, that it was hung on string. i therefore think you cant just mount them with glue or install them with hooks right?