A method for reproducing spatially distributed sounds of a multichannel audio signal with electroacoustic transducers (AET1, AET2, AET3) positioned at actual positions with respect to a reference listening point in an actual spatial configuration, wherein the multichannel audio signal comprises time-dependent input audio signals, each time-dependent input audio signal being associated with an input channel, each channel corresponding to a prescribed position of a electroacoustic transducer with respect to the reference listening point in a prescribed spatial configuration, said method comprising the following steps: - receiving the time-dependent input audio signals, - performing a time-frequency conversion of said time-dependent input audio signals for converting each one of the time-dependent input audio signals into a plurality of time-frequency representations for the input channel associated with said time-dependent input audio signal, each time-frequency representation corresponding to a time-frequency tile defined by a time frame and a frequency sub-band, time-frequency tiles being the same for the different input channels, - for each time-frequency tile, determining an active directional vector D a and a reactive directional vector D r from time-frequency representations of different input channels for said time-frequency tile, wherein the active directional vector is determined from a real part of a complex intensity vector and the reactive directional vector is determined from an imaginary part of the complex intensity vector, - for each time-frequency tile, determining positions of virtual sound sources (VS1, VS2, VS3) with respect to the reference listening point in a virtual spatial configuration from the active directional vector D a and the reactive directional vector D r, and determining time-frequency signal values to each of said virtual sound sources (VS1, VS2, VS3), - distributing the time-frequency signal values of said virtual sound sources (VS1, VS2, VS3) to electroacoustic transducers (AET1, AET2, AET3) on the basis of a comparison between the positions of the virtual sound sources in the virtual spatial configuration and the actual positions of said electroacoustic transducers (AET1, AET2, AET3) in an actual spatial configuration, - producing sounds through the electroacoustic transducers of the actual spatial configuration on the basis of the time-frequency signal values distributed to the electroacoustic transducers. - receiving the time-dependent input audio signals, - performing a time-frequency conversion of said time-dependent input audio signals for converting each one of the time-dependent input audio signals into a plurality of time-frequency representations for the input channel associated with said time-dependent input audio signal, each time-frequency representation corresponding to a time-frequency tile defined by a time frame and a frequency sub-band, time-frequency tiles being the same for the different input channels, - for each time-frequency tile, determining an active directional vector D a and a reactive directional vector D r from time-frequency representations of different input channels for said time-frequency tile, wherein the active directional vector is determined from a real part of a complex intensity vector and the reactive directional vector is determined from an imaginary part of the complex intensity vector, - for each time-frequency tile, determining positions of virtual sound sources (VS1, VS2, VS3) with respect to the reference listening point in a virtual spatial configuration from the active directional vector D a and the reactive directional vector D r, and determining time-frequency signal values to each of said virtual sound sources (VS1, VS2, VS3), - distributing the time-frequency signal values of said virtual sound sources (VS1, VS2, VS3) to electroacoustic transducers (AET1, AET2, AET3) on the basis of a comparison between the positions of the virtual sound sources in the virtual spatial configuration and the actual positions of said electroacoustic transducers (AET1, AET2, AET3) in an actual spatial configuration, - producing sounds through the electroacoustic transducers of the actual spatial configuration on the basis of the time-frequency signal values distributed to the electroacoustic transducers.