[LAD] what does "full range" mean with regard to ambisonics and speakers?

Martin Leese martin.leese at stanfordalumni.org
Sat Jul 31 16:06:13 UTC 2010


Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
...
>> it's no problem (and in fact customary) to use subwoofers with
>> ambisonics for low-range extension. you can either forego localisation
>> in that band and just use a mono sub (perfectly ok), use 2 and have some
>> l/r signal in ithem, or you can use 4 subs in the corners of the room
>> and drive them with a special horizontal decode.

For subwoofers (but not main speakers) you
can also use three.  To see the various options
discussed in more detail, visit:
http://www.ambisonia.com/wiki/index.php/Bass_management

Regards,
Martin
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