Scientific studies of loudspeaker directivity effects in rooms are scarce despite high enthusiast interest

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• Concentrating loudspeakers at one point yields the best direct-to-reverberant ratio for a space (similarity 0.87)
• The direct, on-axis sound dominates perceived loudspeaker quality in rooms. (similarity 0.86)
• Auditorium speaker placement creates extreme sound level variation from front to back (similarity 0.86)
• Reverberant rooms favor directional loudspeakers to control sound colouration (similarity 0.86)
• Sound colouration emerges from the combined loudspeaker and room properties (similarity 0.85)
• Speaker power output changes with room dimensions only via their ratios (similarity 0.85)
• Microphones and loudspeakers are not truly reciprocal transducers (similarity 0.85)
• Loudspeaker quality depends on off-axis radiation because rooms reflect it (similarity 0.84)
• Loudspeaker directivity and early reflections affect sound quality and imaging (similarity 0.84)
• Non-environment rooms suppress all but direct sound for clearer audio detail and imaging (similarity 0.84)
• Sound power predicts room response for omnidirectional speakers while directivity shapes room curves (similarity 0.84)
• Room boundaries alter loudspeaker output through reflected image sources (similarity 0.84)
• Transducer resonances radiate widely and thus stay audible in rooms (similarity 0.84)
• Audio research effort is inverted relative to where people actually listen (similarity 0.84)
• Perforated projection screens reflect sound back toward loudspeakers (similarity 0.84)