True Quasi-Anechoic Loudspeaker Measurements in Normal Rooms

Vanderkooy J. True Quasi-Anechoic Loudspeaker Measurements in Normal Rooms. In: Convention Paper. Audio Engineering Society; 2024. Paper 10688. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22501

@inproceedings{Vanderkooy2024_22501,
  author = {Vanderkooy, John},
  title = {{True Quasi-Anechoic Loudspeaker Measurements in Normal Rooms}},
  note = {Paper 10688},
  year = {2024},
  month = jun,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22501}
}

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TI  - True Quasi-Anechoic Loudspeaker Measurements in Normal Rooms
AU  - Vanderkooy, John
M1  - Paper 10688
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/06/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22501
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Quasi-anechoic measurement of loudspeakers involves time-gating of the measured impulse response to remove room reflections. The resulting response has low-frequency errors that require an additional nearfield measurement whose response can be stitched to that of the higher frequencies. The net response suffers from errors due to cabinet diffraction, which cannot be cured by the various techniques that exist in the literature. In this paper we show how nearfield measurements of box loudspeakers can be corrected to represent farfield behaviour, with a minimum burden of assumptions and calculation, thus achieving a proper full-band measurement. The key is to use a calculation of cabinet diffraction to convert the supporting nearfield measurements to farfield ones, which complement the time-gated farfield. Theory and examples of the approach are presented.
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