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Journal Article

Measurement of Turbulent Air Noise Distortion in Loudspeaker Systems

Authors: Klippel, Wolfgang; Werner, Robert

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 59 · Issue 7/8 · pp. 475–486 · July 2011

Abstract

In many loudspeaker systems high levels of air compression pressure result in turbulent noise if there are any air leaks. Traditional measurement techniques have difficulty identifying this particular defect because the resulting noise is wideband with low-power density, which is easily masked by environmental noise. A new technique designed to detect this kind of defect is based on asynchronous demodulation and envelope averaging. By accumulating the total energy of air leak noise, detection sensitivity increased by 20 dB for a 1-second measurement interval. This approach exploits the spectral information between the higher-order harmonics.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
59
Issue
7/8
Pages
475–486
Publication date
July 6, 2011
Affiliation
KLIPPEL GmbH, Dresden, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article