Dipole install/FR question

[Jack Gilvey]

My room is 12' x 13'. My couch is along a 13' wall and facing me is, of course, the other 13' wall...at the far left of which is the door. Were I to install dipole-suitable drivers at some point along/through this wall, using it as a baffle, would it function as a dipole (with the door open, of course)? Or would the fact that it couldn't achieve a figure-8 radiation negate dipole benefits? I'm thinking the latter, just curious as to what would happen in-room.
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Thanks in advance for humoring me.

[ThomasW]

I'm sorry we don't provide technical assistance to people with fuschia colored sofas ........ :roflmao:

Okay there is more latitude of placement with a dipole but they still need room to breathe. A line array in the corner to the right of the front speakers is probably your best bet. If that corner is otherwise unoccupied.

Did you happen to see the corner loaded variant of the Linkwitz baffle that was featured in AudioXpress a month or so ago?

[Jack Gilvey]

I'm sorry we don't provide technical assistance to people with fuschia colored sofas ........

What can I say? I'm recently single again and got such a deal...

Okay there is more latitude of placement with a dipole but they still need room to breathe. A line array in the corner to the right of the front speakers is probably your best bet. If that corner is otherwise unoccupied.

I'm thinking maybe four Atlas 12's in a line array as far right on the wall as studs will allow...that way they'd use the rest of teh wall, maybe an ~8' baffle? What might I expect in-room?

Did you happen to see the corner loaded variant of the Linkwitz baffle that was featured in AudioXpress a month or so ago?

No, sir. But years ago, when I was on the phone with Dan Wiggins purchasing my DPL 12's, he suggested that one idea for dipole was to have a straight flat baffle starting at a side wall and extending out a few feet. My plan seems similar in concept, save the baffle is larger and extends from floor to ceiling.

[jdybnis]

Did you happen to see the corner loaded variant of the Linkwitz baffle that was featured in AudioXpress a month or so ago?

I'm not convinced that that design was actually a dipole. The author was unable to measure polar response. Also the placement effects he described was that it sounded boomy in the corner of the room and open in the center of the room. That is the opposite of what I'd expect of a dipole.

[ThomasW]

Dan's statement is correct there are resonances with the folded designs, plus they're a lot more complicated to build.