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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2014
Applicant:

Meridian Audio Limited, Huntingdon Cambridgeshire, GB;

Inventors:

Michael D. Capp, Huntingdon, GB;

John Robert Stuart, Cambridge, GB;

Alan S. J. Wood, Sawston, GB;

Richard J. Hollinshead, Huntingdon, GB;

Assignee:

Meridian Audio Limited, Huntingdon, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H03G 5/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/14 (2006.01); H03G 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/14 (2013.01); H03G 5/165 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods are provided for equalizing the group delay of a sound reproduction system, in particular a system comprising acoustic transducers with at least one crossover between a lower-frequency and a higher-frequency range. A correction is applied to a signal in the lower-frequency range, including the crossover region, to substantially equalize the group delay for the lower-frequency range, and a signal delay is applied to a signal in the higher-frequency range to bring it into closer alignment with the equalized lower-frequency range signal. The methods may be implemented in the design of an acoustic transducer system and also via a computer program product, which can be implemented as an update or enhancement to an existing digital signal processor loudspeaker system.


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