What is the frequency response of the ORION?
A13 – I do not show frequency response measurements, because I have no single set of data that fully describes the speaker. The on-axis response is flat, but that tells very little about how the speaker will sound in your room. It has approximately a cos(a), or figure-of-eight, polar response and that is very important for good bass response, reduced lateral reflections, and consistent timbre in any room. I measure frequency response at 1 inch from the drivers, at 60″ from the cabinet, at 0 degrees on the tweeter axis, at 0 degrees on the midrange axis, half way between the two, with the cabinet outdoors on a tower 10 feet off the ground, with the cabinet on the ground, at 30, 45, 60 and 180 degrees off-axis on the tower, the bass response with the cabinet on the ground at the speaker opening, at 80″ from the cabinet, with the cabinet 2 feet off the ground, and many other measurements, as necessary.
