Console-mounted near-field monitors suffer comb filtering from coaxial reflections

Evidence

The effect of this is a large reduction of the comb filtering effects that highlevel early reflections cause. This is due to both the reduction in amplitude due to the diffusion and the smoothing of the comb filtering caused by the multiplicity of time delays present in the sound arriving from the diffuser. As these comb filtering effects are thought to be responsible for perturbations of the stereo image (Rodgers, 1981), one should expect improved performance even if the level of the early reflections is slightly higher than the ideal. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2309 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Surface wall mounting creates a comb-filter cancellation at the woofer-to-wall round-trip wavelength; Diffuse reflections reduce comb-filtering that perturbs stereo imaging — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2309; The favored reflection conditions measure as comb filtering yet sound pleasing (+1 more)

Related

• Diffuse reflections reduce comb-filtering that perturbs stereo imaging (similarity 0.86)
• Surface wall mounting creates a comb-filter cancellation at the woofer-to-wall round-trip wavelength (similarity 0.84)
• Real reflections are attenuated enough to tame comb filtering drastically (similarity 0.82)
• Excessive rear-wall diffusion can destroy the stereo center image (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Surface wall mounting creates a comb-filter cancellation at the woofer-to-wall round-trip wavelength #corroborates (0.85)
• Diffuse reflections reduce comb-filtering that perturbs stereo imaging #expands (0.75) — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 2309
• The favored reflection conditions measure as comb filtering yet sound pleasing #complicates (0.70)
• Reducing a reflection spike on a time-domain display can create no audible improvement #responds-to (0.70)