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Originally Posted by SongwriterFan
And, yes, you really CAN use this system is both monitor and mains. And the volume really DOES drop off much more slowly with distance than a single speaker. The physics to explain this is pretty simple. A single speaker puts out the music in the shape of a sphere, so the power/volume drops off as the CUBE of the distance. These "sticks" or "arrays" put several speakers in a vertical row that basically turn the output into the shape of a cylinder instead of a sphere, so the power/volume drops off as the SQUARE of the distance. This means that the volume drops off significantly less with any of these array type speaker systems (Bose or not).
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Remember the Bose L1 models are not true line arrays and cannot achieve that theoretical level of performance. Also remember that for a true line array to perform at/near those theoretical levels, they have to have a free sound path. No performers, audience or other obstructions in the line of fire.
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