System for selecting speaker locations in an audio system

A machine readable medium having instructions for causing a machine to execute a method, the machine readable medium comprising:

• instructions for determining potential loudspeaker locations in the audio system;
• instructions for generating acoustic signals from at least one loudspeaker placed at the potential loudspeaker locations;
• instructions for recording transfer functions at a plurality of listening positions for the generated acoustic signals;
• instructions for modifying the transfer functions based on the potential loudspeaker locations in order to generate predicted transfer functions;
• instructions for statistically analyzing across at least one frequency of the predicted transfer functions for the plurality of listening positions.

A method for selecting at least one loudspeaker location from potential loudspeaker locations, the method comprising:

• determining the potential loudspeaker locations;
• recording transfer functions at at least one listening position;
• modifying the transfer functions based on the potential loudspeaker locations in order to generate predicted transfer functions;
• statistically analyzing the predicted transfer functions;
• and
• selecting at least one loudspeaker location based on the statistical analysis.

A machine readable medium having instructions for causing a computer to execute a method, the machine readable medium comprising:

• instructions for recording potential loudspeaker locations;
• instructions for recording transfer functions at at least one listening position;
• instructions for modifying the transfer functions based on the potential loudspeaker locations in order to generate predicted transfer functions;
• and
• instructions for statistically analyzing the predicted transfer functions.

A signal-bearing medium having instructions for causing a computer to execute a method, the signal-bearing medium comprising:

• logic for recording potential loudspeaker locations;
• logic for recording transfer functions at at least one position in an audio system;
• logic for modifying the transfer functions based on the potential loudspeaker locations in order to generate predicted transfer functions;
• and
• logic for statistically analyzing the predicted transfer functions.

A system for analyzing potential loudspeaker configurations in an audio system, the system comprising:

• means for storing transfer functions recorded at at least one listening position in an audio system;
• means for determining potential loudspeaker configurations for the audio system;
• means for modifying the transfer functions based on the potential loudspeaker configurations in order to generate predicted transfer functions;
• and
• means for statistically analyzing the predicted transfer functions.