DITTO DAVE! Diki, I'll take that bet and hopefully both of us will be alive 20 years from now so I can collect.

BTW: Vertical arrays have been in use in extremely large venues much longer than anyone can imagine. My first encounter with them was in 1961 while working for Executone Corporation in Baltimore. We were installing them in huge churches and halls and they were marketed as Sound Columns. The speakers were a bit larger then, 6-inch if I recall correctly, and most of the cabinets were made of wood, which was custom finished to resemble wooden beams in the cathedreals. Sound Columns were positioned in each corner of the church, with the base of the unit about 6 feet above the floor.

Sure brings back some fond memories. The installations were hair raising, especially when you consider the ceiling height of the churches, which is where all the wiring was routed. All the work was done on jury-rigged extension ladders so they could reach high enough to encase the wiring beneath wooden molding.

At the church my daughter attends, they have a pair of Bose columns on each side of a massive alter. The subs are hidden beneath the alter's table, which is covered with a velvet tapestry. The columns are the same color as the wall, and the minister said they were ordered that color from Bose. The system fills the huge cathedreal with beautiful sound, but strangely, with all those hard surfaces, marble floors, wooden walls, etc.., there is no echo through the sound system. Ironically, if you clap your hands the sound reverberates like a ping-pong ball.

Cheers,

Gary

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