An apparatus for playing back an audio object associated with a position, comprising: a distance calculator for calculating distances of the position to speakers, wherein the distance calculator is configured to take a solution with a smallest distance, and wherein the apparatus is configured to play back the audio object using the speaker corresponding to the solution, characterized in that the distance calculator is configured to calculate the distances depending on a distance function which returns a weighted angular difference depending on the difference between two azimuth angles and depending on the difference between two elevation angles, wherein the distance function is defined according to diffAngle = acos cos azDiff * cos elDiff, wherein azDiff indicates the difference between the two azimuth angles, wherein elDiff indicates the difference between the two elevation angles, wherein diffAngle indicates the weighted angular difference, or the distance calculator is configured to calculate the distances of the position to the speakers, so that each distance Δ( P 1, P 2) of the position to one of the speakers is calculated according to Δ P 1 P 2 = β 1 − β 2 + α 1 − α 2, or according to Δ P 1 P 2 = β 1 − β 2 + α 1 − α 2 + r 1 − r 2, or according to Δ P 1 P 2 = b ⋅ β 1 − β 2 + a ⋅ α 1 − α 2, or according to Δ P 1 P 2 = b ⋅ β 1 − β 2 + a ⋅ α 1 − α 2 + c ⋅ r 1 − r 2, wherein α 1 indicates an azimuth angle of the position, α 2 indicates an azimuth angle of said one of the speakers, β 1 indicates an elevation angle of the position, β 2 indicates an elevation angle of said one of the speakers, r 1 indicates a radius of the position, r 2 indicates a radius of said one of the speakers, a is a first number, b is a second number, and c is a third number, or wherein α 1 indicates an azimuth angle of said one of the speakers, α 2 indicates an azimuth angle of the position, β 1 indicates an elevation angle of said one of the speakers, and β 2 indicates an elevation angle of the position, r 1 indicates a radius of said one of the speakers, and r 2 indicates a radius of the position, α is a first number, b is a second number, and c is a third number. a distance calculator for calculating distances of the position to speakers, wherein the distance calculator is configured to take a solution with a smallest distance, and wherein the apparatus is configured to play back the audio object using the speaker corresponding to the solution, characterized in that the distance calculator is configured to calculate the distances depending on a distance function which returns a weighted angular difference depending on the difference between two azimuth angles and depending on the difference between two elevation angles, wherein the distance function is defined according to diffAngle = acos cos azDiff * cos elDiff, wherein azDiff indicates the difference between the two azimuth angles, wherein elDiff indicates the difference between the two elevation angles, wherein diffAngle indicates the weighted angular difference, or the distance calculator is configured to calculate the distances of the position to the speakers, so that each distance Δ( P 1, P 2) of the position to one of the speakers is calculated according to Δ P 1 P 2 = β 1 − β 2 + α 1 − α 2, or according to Δ P 1 P 2 = β 1 − β 2 + α 1 − α 2 + r 1 − r 2, or according to Δ P 1 P 2 = b ⋅ β 1 − β 2 + a ⋅ α 1 − α 2, or according to Δ P 1 P 2 = b ⋅ β 1 − β 2 + a ⋅ α 1 − α 2 + c ⋅ r 1 − r 2, wherein α 1 indicates an azimuth angle of the position, α 2 indicates an azimuth angle of said one of the speakers, β 1 indicates an elevation angle of the position, β 2 indicates an elevation angle of said one of the speakers, r 1 indicates a radius of the position, r 2 indicates a radius of said one of the speakers, a is a first number, b is a second number, and c is a third number, or wherein α 1 indicates an azimuth angle of said one of the speakers, α 2 indicates an azimuth angle of the position, β 1 indicates an elevation angle of said one of the speakers, and β 2 indicates an elevation angle of the position, r 1 indicates a radius of said one of the speakers, and r 2 indicates a radius of the position, α is a first number, b is a second number, and c is a third number.