How do you evaluate MAD speaker systems? The first (and probably obvious) step is to determine what needs to be evaluated, and how to utilize these criteria to judge system performance.

Please note that since MAD Surface Array systems are unlike virtually every other sound system on the market, it is important to understand how they are like and how they are different from traditional systems. First and foremost, and the hardest aspect to quantify, is quality of sound.

Since MAD arrays are not subject to compression driver distortion, horn throat distortion, power compression, cabinet resonance or loading, port turbulence, and crossover-related anomalies in the key mid-range area, the audio quality is unlike every other system in the pro-audio market. In order to quantify the process of evaluating MAD systems, it is helpful to look at various performance aspects, and see if a MAD array fits your needs.

Consider the following. How important, in your application, are: