{"id":2631,"date":"2020-01-01T22:58:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T05:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qsc.com\/systems\/2020\/01\/01\/what-does-axisymmetric-really-mean\/"},"modified":"2022-07-09T13:04:13","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:04:13","slug":"what-does-axisymmetric-really-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qsc.com\/systems\/in\/2020\/01\/01\/what-does-axisymmetric-really-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does \u201cAxisymmetric\u201d really mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qsc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/Axisymmetric-300x263.png\" alt=\"Axisymmetric\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37\">All QSC SR Series surround loudspeakers feature Axisymmetric coverage.&nbsp; That means that sound is distributed evenly on all axes within the loudspeaker\u2019s defined coverage angle. Unlike many conventional loudspeakers, there is no vertical and horizontal coverage pattern, so aiming is made much simpler.&nbsp; Up\/down tilt and side-to-side \u201cpan\u201d aiming is all that is needed to cover any area in a cinema.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All QSC SR Series surround loudspeakers feature Axisymmetric coverage.&nbsp; That means that sound is distributed evenly on all axes within the loudspeaker\u2019s defined coverage angle. Unlike many conventional loudspeakers, there is no vertical and horizontal coverage pattern, so aiming is made much simpler.&nbsp; Up\/down tilt and side-to-side \u201cpan\u201d aiming is all that is needed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qsc.com\/systems\/in\/2020\/01\/01\/what-does-axisymmetric-really-mean\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"coauthors":[58],"class_list":["post-2631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What does \u201cAxisymmetric\u201d really mean? - Q-SYS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qsc.com\/systems\/in\/2020\/01\/01\/what-does-axisymmetric-really-mean\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What does \u201cAxisymmetric\u201d really mean? - Q-SYS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All QSC SR Series surround loudspeakers feature Axisymmetric coverage.&nbsp; That means that sound is distributed evenly on all axes within the loudspeaker\u2019s defined coverage angle. 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