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Convention Paper

Improvements in Acoustic Feedback Margin in Sound Reinforcement Systems

Authors: Mapp, Peter; Ellis, Christien

AES Convention 105 · Paper 4850 · September 1998

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 that potentially make it less prone to feedback. Initial experiments are reported that show a 4-dB improvement in feedback margin without electronic assistance, which are gains comparable with most other current signal processing techniques.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 105
AES Convention
105
Paper number
4850
Publication date
September 6, 1998
Session subject
Sound Reinforcement; Room Acoustics
Affiliation
Peter Mapp Associates, Colchester, Essex, UK ; New Transducers Limited, Huntingdon, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper