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Convention Paper

Improvements in Acoustic Feedback Margin in Sound Reinforcement Systems

Authors: Mapp, Peter; Ellis, Christien

AES Convention 106 · Paper 4978 · May 1999

Abstract

Acoustic feedback stability is a fundamental limitation of all public address, sound reinforcement and duplex teleconferencing systems. Over the past 30 years, a number of techniques have been developed to help improve the gain before feedback margin. This paper reviews progress to date and demonstrates that a new class of loudspeaker, the distributed mode loudspeaker inherently possesses a number of characteristics which potentially make it less prone to feedback. Initial experiments are reported which show a 4dB improvement in feedback margin without electronic assistance, gains comparable with most other current signal processing techniques.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 106
AES Convention
106
Paper number
4978
Publication date
May 6, 1999
Session subject
Sound Reinforcement
Affiliation
P. Mapp Associates, Cambridge, England ; New Transducers, Huntingdon, England (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper