HF Horn dispersion for wedges

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   Hi,
I am building 4 x monitors 

https://www.poweraudio.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=9659

the design in the link.

The stage where I will be using these will 90% of the times be 4 m x 4 m so a small stage (1 for bass player, one for brass section, and 2 for vocals)
The original horn in the design is 90 x 70 degress,isn't that a little to wide for such a small stage?
Should I go for a more narrow dispersion?
I was looking at the Beyma TD164 ( 60 x 40  degrees), players don't really move on the stage because of the limmited space.
What do you guys recommend?

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Foca_Dacian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Registered User Joined: 05 February 2011 Location: Romania,Cluj Status: Offline Points: 118	Post Options Post Reply Quote Foca_Dacian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: HF Horn dispersion for wedges Posted: 26 February 2019 at 12:54pm
	Hi, I am building 4 x monitors https://www.poweraudio.ro/forum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=9659 the design in the link. The stage where I will be using these will 90% of the times be 4 m x 4 m so a small stage (1 for bass player, one for brass section, and 2 for vocals) The original horn in the design is 90 x 70 degress,isn't that a little to wide for such a small stage? Should I go for a more narrow dispersion? I was looking at the Beyma TD164 ( 60 x 40 degrees), players don't really move on the stage because of the limmited space. What do you guys recommend?

el chupacabra Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Young Croc Joined: 02 August 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 757	Post Options Post Reply Quote el chupacabra Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 February 2019 at 3:46pm
	in either case you will probably find that the wedge angle of that cabinet design is only useful on stages where you can get 0.8m -1.5m+ distance between listener and the monitor. so for smaller stages you would want the angle to face the baffle more directly up towards the listener. otherwise all the sound they will be trying to focus on will be directed towards their knees/waist/drummer. this is especially difficult for taller people on shallow stages. a wider dispersion hf horn would actually assuage some of those issues a little but the right wedge angle coupled with a moderate focus (say 60x40 or 60 x 60 conical) will work better on small stages with not much depth/distance between monitor and musician.