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Improved Loudspeaker-Room Equalization for Stereo
Systems Regarding Channel Similarity.
Adrian Bahne
, 
Lars-Johan Brännmark,
and
Anders Ahlén
 
IEEE/IET International Conference on Audio,
Language and Image Processing, ICALIP2012
, Shanghai, China, 16-18 July 2012, pp. 254-259.
DOI:
10.1109/ICALIP.2012.6376621
 © 2012 IEEE
 
 
  
Abstract:
In this paper, a new approach to robust single-channel 
loudspeaker - room equalization for stereo systems 
based on psychoacoustic insights is presented. 
Traditionally, in single-channel equalization each channel 
is equalized individually according to a desired target. 
In case the target cannot be reached for at least one 
of the two channels, this approach results in different 
loudspeaker - room transfer functions of the two channels 
at the listening position. 
 
However, reproducing the intended sound image of stereo 
recordings requires equal acoustic transfer functions 
from the input to the two loudspeakers to the listening region. 
In this paper we aim not only at equalizing the individual 
channels according to a desired target, but also at 
explicitly requiring symmetry between the two channels 
of a stereo system. 
 
To this end we propose a two-channel similarity SIMO 
controller structure, which is an extension to an 
earlier approach by the authors. The new approach 
is evaluated based on measurements in a room and 
is found to reduce differences between the room 
transfer functions of the two channels in both 
frequency and time domain.
Related publications:
PhD Thesis 
by Adrian Bahne
Later Paper in IEEE SP 2013 
on symmetric loudspeaker-room equalization
utilizing a pairwise channel similarity criterion.
 
Paper in IEEE TASLP 2013 
on compensation of loudspeaker-room responses in a 
robust MIMO control framework.
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