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Subwoofers in Rooms: Stereophonic Reproduction

Authors: Backman, Juha

AES Convention 137 · Paper 9145 · October 2014

Abstract

A study based on computational model of interaural level and time differences at the lowest audio frequencies, often reproduced through subwoofers, is presented. This work studies whether interaural differences can exist, and if they do, what kind of relationship there is between the loudspeaker direction and the interaural differences when monophonic and stereophonic subwoofer arrangements are considered. The calculations are made for both simple amplitude panned signals and for simulated microphone signals. The results indicate that strong narrow-band differences can exist, especially near room eigenfrequencies when the listener is close to nodes of the room modes and that the modes of the recording room can have an effect on the sound field of the listening room.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 137
AES Convention
137
Paper number
9145
Publication date
October 6, 2014
Session subject
Transducers
Affiliation
Microsoft, Espoo, Finland (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper