Re: Improving perceived loudness when system is constrained
Me either... My initial concept was to bump bass up a few dB say in the middle of a club dance floor, with perhaps a few dB of cut away from the power zone... Perhaps for large outdoor concerts that get noise complaints from neighbors, provide a power zone (like an intentional power alley) for the audience that wants it loud and less loud for all others. Ideally some far field cancellation, but I do not know how to do that either.
IIRC there was an old experimental stereo system where both speakers were not pointed at the listener but pointed at each other and the listeners were always off axis. This was an attempt to smooth the relative level balance between stereo speakers when not same distance from each speaker. If instead of two stereo speakers they were playing opposite polarity mono pointed at each other. The direct sound field should cancel while off axis ?? maybe not so much?
I repeat I do not have a serious idea for how to do this and even my best guess is not going to suppress vocal range several floors away.
My serious suggestion is low power FM transmitter and ear buds...
JR
