Patent ID: 8761419

Claim:
An audio system comprising at least one loudspeaker, at least one loudspeaker location for the loudspeaker being selected based on a method for selecting the at least one loudspeaker location from potential loudspeaker locations, the method comprising: determining the potential loudspeaker locations; generating acoustic signals from at least one loudspeaker placed at the potential loudspeaker locations; recording transfer functions at a plurality of listening positions for the generated acoustic signals; modifying the transfer functions based on the potential loudspeaker locations so that predicted transfer functions are generated at at least two of the plurality of listening positions for each of the potential loudspeaker locations, the predicted transfer functions representing simulations for the potential loudspeaker locations; accessing a criterion by which to statistically analyze the predicted transfer functions, statistically analyzing using the criterion across at least one frequency of the predicted transfer functions for the at least two of the plurality of listening positions; and selecting at least one loudspeaker location to improve for the criterion at the at least two of the plurality of listening positions based on the statistical analysis, where the criterion is flatness, consistency, efficiency, and smoothness.