Infinity!
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Hey guys, I just came across an interesting piece of info from the great MagicMarksy! According to him in regards to the RS 1b's, ONLY the 3rd EMIM down produces most of the sound. The other 6 EMIMS act as lower mid-range drivers. I currently own the RS IIb's and these speakers do the same thing, but there are only 3 EMIMS (1 playing the higher frequencies and 2 playing the lower). As much as I love this for the IIb's because it adds separation, I don't think it would sound good to have 6 EMIM's only playing the lower frequencies. Current owners or people who have heard/owned RS 1b's, is this actually true and how does it sound? According to MagicMarksy, because 85% of the sound comes from the third EMIM down, he has seen many 1b owners blow the EMIM or even catch it on fire!!!
This is directly from him:
"The RS-1 and RS-1b are actually 6 way point sources, with the point source centered at the 3rd EMIM down ( and this single EMIM actually does 85 % of all the work of the whole speaker system - yes out of the great big RS-1 and RS-1b system you are almost exclusively listening to one 3 in x 5 in EMIM, all the rest of the speakers just supplement this one driver). Let me explain further.
The RS-1 and RS-1b's have crossovers at 150 Hz, 700 Hz, 3000 Hz and 8000 Hz.
The two woofer columns, each made up of 6 standard 8 inch woofers function below 150 Hz.
The top two, and bottom 4 EMIM's operate from 150 Hz to 700 Hz.
The 3rd EMIM down from the top operates from 700 Hz to 3000 Hz.
The top and bottom from tweeters operate from 3000 Hz to 8000 Hz.
The center front tweeter ( with the small CAP on the front ) actually acts as a Super Tweeter and only functions above 8000 Hz.
The rear tweeter operates from 3000 Hz on up."
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??
This is directly from him:
"The RS-1 and RS-1b are actually 6 way point sources, with the point source centered at the 3rd EMIM down ( and this single EMIM actually does 85 % of all the work of the whole speaker system - yes out of the great big RS-1 and RS-1b system you are almost exclusively listening to one 3 in x 5 in EMIM, all the rest of the speakers just supplement this one driver). Let me explain further.
The RS-1 and RS-1b's have crossovers at 150 Hz, 700 Hz, 3000 Hz and 8000 Hz.
The two woofer columns, each made up of 6 standard 8 inch woofers function below 150 Hz.
The top two, and bottom 4 EMIM's operate from 150 Hz to 700 Hz.
The 3rd EMIM down from the top operates from 700 Hz to 3000 Hz.
The top and bottom from tweeters operate from 3000 Hz to 8000 Hz.
The center front tweeter ( with the small CAP on the front ) actually acts as a Super Tweeter and only functions above 8000 Hz.
The rear tweeter operates from 3000 Hz on up."
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK??