Sound ?eld reproduction using high-order Ambisonics (HOA) is limited to a small listening region. This is a consequence of HOA relying on a loudspeaker array to re-create, term-by-term, the lower orders of the sound ?eld’s multipole expansion. However, results from perturbation theory show that partial sums of asymptotic series can be transformed into other sequences with faster convergence; this is known as series acceleration. This study considers the use of series acceleration to improve the accuracy of sound ?eld reproduction away from the origin. This may lead to a larger listening region compared to conventional HOA. The behavior of the proposal is evaluated numerically and its potential use in sound ?eld reproduction is discussed.

Authors: Trevino, Jorge; Sakamoto, Shuichi; Suzuko Yôiti
Affiliation: Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
AES Conference: 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction - Aesthetics and Science (July 2018)
Paper Number: P8-1
Publication Date: July 30, 2018 Import into BibTeX
Session Subject: High-order Ambisonics; Multipole expansion; Series acceleration; Sound field reproduction
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