The theoretical fundamentals and the simulated and experimental performance of an innovative surround sound system are presented. The proposed technology is based on the physical reconstruction of a three dimensional target sound field over a region of the space using an array of loudspeakers surrounding the listening area. The computation of the loudspeaker gains includes the numerical or analytical solution of an integral equation of the first kind. The experimental setup and the measured reconstruction performance of a system prototype constituted by a three dimensional array of 40 loudspeakers are described and discussed.

Authors: Fazi, Filippo; Nelson, Philip; Christensen, Jens E.; Seo, Jeongil
Affiliations: University of Southampton; Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 125 (October 2008) Paper Number: 7555
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
Subject: Multichannel Sound Reproduction

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