Higher order loudspeakers for improved surround sound reproduction in rooms

133rd Audio Engineering Society Convention 2012, AES 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 513-525

  Poletti, Mark ^a   Betlehem, Terence ^a   Abhayapala, Thushara ^b  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH QUALITY; HIGHER-ORDER; MULTIPLE MODES; SMALL REGION; SOURCE LOCALISATION; SURROUND SOUND;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES;

LOUDSPEAKERS;

EID: 84876519656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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