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[QUOTE="RandomGuy, post: 4397490, member: 6422"]
Unfortunately, when you have standing waves, the low end turns to mush.  When you are out of phase , you cancel out frequencies,  or reduce them drastically. (Perfect 180 degrees out = NOTHING)

A bass wave can be as long as 28 feet.   As you increase increase freq to 400 HZ its 34 inches.   With these longer waves, tbe opportunity for phase issues are abound.  You lose the bass.  You lose the mids, and what you are left with is a hollow high endy MESS.  You know what it sounds like? THE DOME.  Its just how sound works.  Thats why everything can be a piercing high end shrieking mess.

Maybe moving the speakers, maybe notching a couple freq's help - but it all depends where you are sitting.

Here's an experiment.  Turn up some music.  Now go to the back wall, and progressively get your ear closer to the wall.  The bass will go up by 4db. (You'll hear the reflection summed. ) You will definitely notice it.  Sounds like crap there(unless you love a subwoofer too loud) Is there something wrong with your speakers?  Nope.  Its because you have walls.  Thats how sound works.    The dome has walls, and a ceiling.

With sound coming from ALL OVER in the Dome?  Good freaking luck.    Maybe turn off half the speakers?  Might eliminate "some" phase issues, and be LOUDER in those freq's.  A physicist could probably make it a little better, but all just slight compromises.  DONT YOU DARE SOUND TREAT THE LOUD HOUSE..   Unless you wanna call it the pleasantly lifeless, quiet house.
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