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Sound reproduction systems using variable-directivity loudspeakers

Sound reproduction systems using variable-directivity loudspeakers
Sound reproduction systems using variable-directivity loudspeakers
Sound reproduction systems using omnidirectional loudspeakers produce reflections from room surfaces which interfere with the desired sound field within the array. While active compensation systems can reduce the reverberant level, they require calibration in each room and are processor-intensive. Directional loudspeakers allow the direct to reverberant level to be improved within the array, but still produce a finite exterior field which reflects from the room surfaces. The use of variable directivity loudspeakers allows the exterior field to be eliminated at low frequencies by implementing the Kirchhoff–Helmholtz integral equation. This paper investigates the performance of variable-directivity arrays in reducing reverberant levels and compares the results with those derived in a previous paper for fixed-directivity arrays. The results presented may have some impact on the design of commercial multi-channel systems for sound reproduction.
architectural acoustics, loudspeakers, reverberation, sound reproduction
0001-4966
1429-1438
Poletti, M.A.
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Fazi, F.M.
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Nelson, P.A.
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Poletti, M.A.
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Fazi, F.M.
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Nelson, P.A.
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Poletti, M.A., Fazi, F.M. and Nelson, P.A. (2011) Sound reproduction systems using variable-directivity loudspeakers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 129 (3), 1429-1438. (doi:10.1121/1.3533689).

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Abstract

Sound reproduction systems using omnidirectional loudspeakers produce reflections from room surfaces which interfere with the desired sound field within the array. While active compensation systems can reduce the reverberant level, they require calibration in each room and are processor-intensive. Directional loudspeakers allow the direct to reverberant level to be improved within the array, but still produce a finite exterior field which reflects from the room surfaces. The use of variable directivity loudspeakers allows the exterior field to be eliminated at low frequencies by implementing the Kirchhoff–Helmholtz integral equation. This paper investigates the performance of variable-directivity arrays in reducing reverberant levels and compares the results with those derived in a previous paper for fixed-directivity arrays. The results presented may have some impact on the design of commercial multi-channel systems for sound reproduction.

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Published date: 9 March 2011
Keywords: architectural acoustics, loudspeakers, reverberation, sound reproduction
Organisations: Fluid Dynamics & Acoustics Group

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Local EPrints ID: 179027
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/179027
ISSN: 0001-4966
PURE UUID: c82a63cb-3562-413d-bcc5-9bc213989c28
ORCID for F.M. Fazi: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-1433
ORCID for P.A. Nelson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9563-3235

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Date deposited: 31 Mar 2011 11:05
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:32

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Author: M.A. Poletti
Author: F.M. Fazi ORCID iD
Author: P.A. Nelson ORCID iD

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