On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Paul Davis <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ambisonics assumes a speaker in the midst of an array of speakers that > point more or less in the general direction of > the listener's head. this phone is just a gimmick. If that is true, then I guess the link I posted regarding CNMAT/MeyerSound "eigenspeaker" is bunk? I'm talking about a different configuration of ambisonics than the traditional speakers around the listener and the associated sweet spot. IMHO that's a somewhat difficult configuration, especially for mobile apps, so I was just wondering whether the effect be gained with only four speakers in a "polar" configuration. And if not four, six, eight, or how many? Can they be arranged in a "circle" around the perimeter or is 360 degree configuration of drivers required? Note: On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:56 AM, <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 05:35:03PM -0700, Niels Mayer wrote: >> The question, is it possible to have a torus shaped >> sweet spot for the audience surrounding the "EigenSpeaker" ? > > Such speakers do exist, Ircam in Paris has done quite some research > on them. They are based on AMB theory, but they do not provide AMB > playback - what you get is a speaker that can generate multiple > steerable beams. It's used in acoustic measurements to excite just > part of a space, and in EA music to simulate the directivity of real > instruments. -- Niels http://nielsmayer.com _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
