Rethinking Flat Panel Loudspeakers—An Objective Acoustic Comparison of Different Speaker Categories

Zenker B, Merchel S, Altinsoy ME. Rethinking Flat Panel Loudspeakers—An Objective Acoustic Comparison of Different Speaker Categories. In: AES Convention 147. Audio Engineering Society; 2019. Paper 10243. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20616

@inproceedings{Zenker2019_20616,
  author = {Zenker, Benjamin and Merchel, Sebastian and Altinsoy, M. Ercan},
  title = {{Rethinking Flat Panel Loudspeakers—An Objective Acoustic Comparison of Different Speaker Categories}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 147},
  note = {Paper 10243},
  year = {2019},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20616}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Rethinking Flat Panel Loudspeakers—An Objective Acoustic Comparison of Different Speaker Categories
AU  - Zenker, Benjamin
AU  - Merchel, Sebastian
AU  - Altinsoy, M. Ercan
T2  - AES Convention 147
M1  - Paper 10243
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2019/10/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20616
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - The home entertainment market is growing, but connected devices like multi-room and streaming loudspeakers are increasingly replacing traditional audio systems. Compromises in the acoustic quality are made to satisfy additional requirements such as smaller, lighter, and cheaper products. The number of smart speakers sold suggests that the customers accept speakers with lower acoustical quality for their daily use. Concepts like soundbars aim to achieve better spatial reproduction but try to stay visually unobtrusive. Thanks to the low visual profile flat panel loudspeakers give opportunities for invisible integration. This paper presents an objective acoustic comparison of four speaker categories: smart speaker, flat panel, soundbar, and studio monitor. The comparison reveals that recent technological advances could make flat panel loudspeakers an alternative.
ER  -