Sound reproduction systems using variable-directivity loudspeakers

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1429-1438

  Poletti, M A ^a   Fazi, F M ^b   Nelson, P A ^b  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPENSATION SYSTEMS; DIRECTIVITY; KIRCHHOFF-HELMHOLTZ INTEGRALS; LOW FREQUENCY; MULTICHANNEL SYSTEM; SOUND FIELDS; SOUND REPRODUCTION SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; REVERBERATION; SOUND REPRODUCTION;

LOUDSPEAKERS;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTION; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOUND; SOUND DETECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION; DEVICES;

ACOUSTICS; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 79953054276     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3533689     Document Type: Article

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