Two closely spaced loudspeakers can create very convincing virtual images for a single listener provided their inputs are carefully matched to be almost equal and opposite. For a virtual image position well outside the angle spanned by the loudspeakers, the two inputs must be substantially out of phase regardless of how the listener's head is modeled.

Authors: Kirkeby, Ole; Nelson, Philip A.; Hamada, Hareo
Affiliations: University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK ; Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 103 (September 1997) Paper Number: 4574
Publication Date: September 1, 1997 Import into BibTeX
Subject: 3-D Binaural Audio Technology
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