Subjective appraisal of loudspeaker directivity for multichannel reproduction

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 288-303

  Zacharov, Nick ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); LOUDSPEAKERS;

FIVE CHANNEL AUDIOVISUAL REPRODUCTION; FRONTAL/SURROUND LOUDSPEAKER DIRECTIVITY CHARACTERISTICS;

SOUND REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0032048755     PISSN: 00047554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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