GRADIENT REVOLUTION
THE IDEAL LOUDSPEAKER
If we could have a magician conjure up the ideal loudspeaker from all the properties of current designs, the result could be as follows: A large dipole panel speaker which generates standing waves only in one direction. Because of the narrow dispersion it generates less unwanted room reflections. The resulting sound is clean, airy and non-boxy. Or a small two-way mini-monitor will give a very accurate soundstage and a wide listening area.
If we combine these good properties, and ignore the bad ones (narrow listening window of a panel speaker and the fact it cannot be positioned against the back wall, the weak bass response in mini-monitors, etc.) the result would be an ideal loudspeaker.
