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A study was conducted in participants’ homes to ascertain how they would position one to eight compact wireless loudspeakers, with the goal of enhancing their existing system. The eleven participants described three key themes, creating an arrangement that: was spatially balanced and evenly distributed; maintained the room’s aesthetics; maintained the room’s functionality. In practice, the results showed that participants prioritised aesthetics and functionality, whilst balance was not usually achieved. It was concluded that a hierarchy of preferred positions in each space exists, as the same positions were reused whilst positioning differing numbers of loudspeakers and by different participants in each location. Consistencies were observed between the locations which can be used to estimate loudspeaker positions for a given living room layout.
Author (s): Cieciura, Craig; Mason, Russell; Coleman, Philip; Francombe, Jon
Affiliation:
University of Surrey
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AES Convention: 148
Paper Number:596
Publication Date:
2020-05-06
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Posters: Perception & Evaluation
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Cieciura, Craig; Mason, Russell; Coleman, Philip; Francombe, Jon; 2020; Understanding users' choices and constraints when positioning loudspeakers in living rooms [PDF]; University of Surrey; Paper 596; Available from: https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20834
Cieciura, Craig; Mason, Russell; Coleman, Philip; Francombe, Jon; Understanding users' choices and constraints when positioning loudspeakers in living rooms [PDF]; University of Surrey; Paper 596; 2020 Available: https://aes2.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20834
@article{cieciura2020understanding,
author={cieciura craig and mason russell and coleman philip and francombe jon},
journal={journal of the audio engineering society},
title={understanding users' choices and constraints when positioning loudspeakers in living rooms},
year={2020},
number={596},
month={may},}