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Modeling and Compensation of Nonlinear Distortion in Horn Loudspeakers

Horn loudspeakers suffer from production of high acoustic distortions. Based on an ideal physical model, an equivalent lumped parameter circuit is determined for a horn-loaded compression driver. From the nonlinear differential equation of this circuit, a compensation algorithm is implemented on a DSP for reducing nonlinear distortion caused by the adiabatic behavior of air. Test results are given.

Authors: Schurer, Hans; Berkhoff, Artur P.; Slump, Cornelis H.; Hermann, Otto E.
Affiliation: University of Twente, Department of Electrical Engineering, Laboratory for Network Theory, Enschede, The Netherlands
AES Convention:96 (February 1994) Paper Number:3819 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Digital Signal Processing

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