Point Source Loudspeaker Design: Advances on the Inverse Horn Approach
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S. Ortiz, B. Kolbrek, P. Cobo, LE. M.. González, and CA. LA. Colina, "Point Source Loudspeaker Design: Advances on the Inverse Horn Approach," J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 62, no. 5, pp. 345-354, (2014 May.). doi: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2014.0018
S. Ortiz, B. Kolbrek, P. Cobo, LE. M.. González, and CA. LA. Colina, "Point Source Loudspeaker Design: Advances on the Inverse Horn Approach," J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 62 Issue 5 pp. 345-354, (2014 May.). doi: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2014.0018
Abstract: The conventional design of an omnidirectional source uses a polyhedral speaker to emulate a spherical radiating sound wave. But this approach does not work at short distances and at higher frequencies. The inverse horn design proposed by Polack, a conventional loudspeaker matched to a small aperture through a reverse horn, provides a good approximation to an omnidirectional point source. But this solution has a rather irregular frequency response that arises from the acoustic resonances of the air inside the horn cavity. This research described two implementations of an equalized reverse horn source that have the desired directional characteristics of a point source with a flat frequency response of +/-3 dB from 100 Hz to 8 kHz. There are various trade-offs in selecting the sizes.
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journal={journal of the audio engineering society},
title={point source loudspeaker design: advances on the inverse horn approach},
year={2014},
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@article{ortiz2014point,
author={ortiz, santiago and kolbrek, bjørn and cobo, pedro and gonzález, leo m. and colina, carlos de la},
journal={journal of the audio engineering society},
title={point source loudspeaker design: advances on the inverse horn approach},
year={2014},
volume={62},
number={5},
pages={345-354},
doi={https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2014.0018},
month={may},
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AU - Ortiz, Santiago
AU - Kolbrek, Bjørn
AU - Cobo, Pedro
AU - González, Leo M.
AU - Colina, Carlos de la
PY - 2014
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TI - Point Source Loudspeaker Design: Advances on the Inverse Horn Approach
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AU - Ortiz, Santiago
AU - Kolbrek, Bjørn
AU - Cobo, Pedro
AU - González, Leo M.
AU - Colina, Carlos de la
PY - 2014
JO - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
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VO - 62
VL - 62
Y1 - May 2014
AB - The conventional design of an omnidirectional source uses a polyhedral speaker to emulate a spherical radiating sound wave. But this approach does not work at short distances and at higher frequencies. The inverse horn design proposed by Polack, a conventional loudspeaker matched to a small aperture through a reverse horn, provides a good approximation to an omnidirectional point source. But this solution has a rather irregular frequency response that arises from the acoustic resonances of the air inside the horn cavity. This research described two implementations of an equalized reverse horn source that have the desired directional characteristics of a point source with a flat frequency response of +/-3 dB from 100 Hz to 8 kHz. There are various trade-offs in selecting the sizes.
The conventional design of an omnidirectional source uses a polyhedral speaker to emulate a spherical radiating sound wave. But this approach does not work at short distances and at higher frequencies. The inverse horn design proposed by Polack, a conventional loudspeaker matched to a small aperture through a reverse horn, provides a good approximation to an omnidirectional point source. But this solution has a rather irregular frequency response that arises from the acoustic resonances of the air inside the horn cavity. This research described two implementations of an equalized reverse horn source that have the desired directional characteristics of a point source with a flat frequency response of +/-3 dB from 100 Hz to 8 kHz. There are various trade-offs in selecting the sizes.
Authors:
Ortiz, Santiago; Kolbrek, Bjørn; Cobo, Pedro; González, Leo M.; Colina, Carlos de la
Affiliations:
Environmental Acoustics Group, ITEFI, CSIC, Madrid, Spain; Department of Electronics and Telecomunications NTNU-Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; ETSI Navales, UPM, Madrid, Spain(See document for exact affiliation information.) JAES Volume 62 Issue 5 pp. 345-354; May 2014
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