Rethinking Flat Panel Loudspeakers—An Objective Acoustic Comparison of Different Speaker Categories

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Abstract

The home entertainment market is growing, but connected devices like multi-room and streaming loudspeakers are increasingly replacing traditional audio systems. Compromises in the acoustic quality are made to satisfy additional requirements such as smaller, lighter and cheaper products. The number of smart speakers sold suggests that the customers accept speakers with lower acoustical quality for their daily use. Concepts like soundbars aim to achieve better spatial reproduction, but try to stay visually unobtrusive. Thanks to the low visual profile flat panel loudspeakers give opportunities for invisible integration. This paper presents an objective acoustic comparison of four speaker categories: smart speaker, flat panel, soundbar and studio monitor. The comparison reveals that recent technological advances could make flat panel loudspeakers an alternative.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages10243
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title147th Audio Engineering Society International Convention 2019
Duration16 - 19 October 2019
CityNew York
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-0803-8818/work/142257007
Scopus 85084096531

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