So-na-wall sPodak UpGrade Speaker Kit. Improves your home theater sound field

SonaWall engineering proudly introduces an amazing audio experience with the So-na-wall HsP sound system. A tight, focused center image is produced for the key centered listener. All other listeners experience a wall of sound. Projection is the secret to this performance. So-na-Wall research has determined that it is possible to simulate a wall of sound with dual reflecting point sources. The So-na-wall Sonapod sPod satellite speaker system operates on a principle that virtually eliminates comb filtering caused by sound arriving via reflections from nearby surfaces and sound arriving directly. The Sonapod sPod tiny enclosure and intimate mounting couples sound to the wall surface.

Like microphones that are oriented near a surface, So-na-wall sPods has a smooth frequency response, good off axis consistency and strong output levels. This means So-na-wall sPods creates an integrated sound field.

Most designs which attempt to become the source of sound draw attention to themselves rather than becoming part of the room. Reflections are delayed sufficiently to diffuse the image. The perfectly centered listener can enjoy this sound but for more listeners or listening positions the performance falls off rapidly “off-axis” of the stereo pair.

So-na-wall sPods increases the space in which high quality sound is enjoyable.

Although this at first appears to be too simple to be true - experience proves otherwise. To a stunning degree this goal has been achieved. A relatively unbroken wall expanse is the primary requirement besides having corners close enough to allow a reasonable stereo triangulation. This system will be compatible with many if not most rooms. The projection process constructs a sound-based virtual audio image in a manner highly compatible with a video display.  The HsP system consist of pair of sculptured compound-angled, point-source sound projectors linked to a low-frequency corner mounted woofer unit.  A one-wavelength crossover frequency links the  Sonapod projectors to the corner bass enclosures and the corner-mount links the bass to the room as a whole.

Elementary but Exemplary: A superb full-range mini speaker is the simplest and arguably the best way to provide the key projection function. This audio source can then be enlarged by acoustic reflection and distributed on the wall without losing focus.  One caveat - good coherent recordings are displayed marvelously whereas ping-pong and other less well-recorded media are audibly less refined.  A sculptured corner-adapted enclosure module houses a super two-inch full-range driver. A one-inch voice coil divides the radiating area into two zones. The central hard-dome is driven directly as is the outer curved portion. Dispersion by this one-inch dome is fully competitive with dome tweeters and response is beyond twenty kilohertz. Proprietary treatment of both vibrating surfaces optimizes the response over the entire two hundred to twenty thousand hertz range. Internal protection insures safe playback and loudly so in most rooms.

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