List of permanent Ambisonic playback systems
This article contains a list of permanent Ambisonic playback systems and/or production facilities.
| Name | Location | speakers | # | Layout | max. | since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auralization Studio | Threshold Acoustics, Chicago, IL, USA | d&b E5, E12, B4-sub | 20.2 | 6-6-6-2 dome. Three alternating rings of 6 from floor to ceiling, 2 overhead channels. 2 Subwoofers on floor. | 3 | 2015 |
| Composition Studio | ICST / ZHdK, Zurich, Switzerland | Geithain MO2 | 18 | 4-8-5-1 compact hemisphere | 3 | 2014 |
| Immersive Arts Space | ZHdK,
Zurich, Switzerland |
Yamaha DZR10-D, DXS18XLF | 41 | 10-10-10-6-1 compact elliptical hemispherical dome with rings on the floor, suspended at ear height, from the second floor gallery, and the ceiling. 4 subwoofers on the floor - one on each wall | 5 | 2019 |
| Stanza Matilde | IRCCS "Burlo Garofolo", Trieste, Italy | Seeburg i4 | 48 | 6-12-24-6 compact dome | N/D | 2017 (updated 2021) |
| Espace de projection | IRCAM, Paris, France | unknown | 339 | 75 evenly spaced speakers in cubical dome with 2D WFS band around the audience at ear height | unknown | 2012 |
| Art-Science-Interaction Lab | IPEM, Ghent, Belgium | Martin Audio CDD6 | 62 | 4 - 34 - 14 - 12 evenly spaced speakers in cubical dome with Ambisonic and 3D WFS system | 6 | 2019 |
| Allosphere | UCSB | unknown | 32 | unknown | unknown | 2009 |
| György-Ligeti-Saal | KUG Graz | Kling & Freitag CA 1001 | 29 | elliptical dome with speakers on motorized pantographs, four additional speakers in the corners not used for Ambisonic playback, additional subwoofers if required | unknown | 2009 |
| Cube | IEM, Graz, Austria | Tannoy 1200 | 24 | 12-8-4 hemisphere with slight horizontal irregularities to include n.1 layouts | 4 | 2000 |
| Listening Room | CCRMA, Stanford (CA), USA | Mackie HR 824 | 22 | 1-6-8-6-1 full sphere with grid floor | 3 | 2010 |
| Listening Room | Blue Ripple Sound, London, UK | Genelec 8020/7060 | 22 | Irregular periphonic 21.1 layout | N/A | 2013 |
| Multi-channel Sound Research Lab | University of Derby, Derby, UK | Rokit 5 G3 Studio Monitors | 34 | 8-16-8-2 with-height system capable of horizontal order maximum of 7th order and 3rd order with-height | 3 | 2000 |
| Rossini SPACE | Conservatorio Rossini, Pesaro, Italy | Neumann KH120 | 21 | 6-8-6-1 truncated sphere | 3 | 2013 |
| Sala Bianca | Casa del Suono, Parma, Italy | SIPE 2-ways | 189 | WFS horizontal array in a rectangular room equipped also with 4 full-HD projectors | 5 | 2008 |
| Sala Nera | Casa della Musica, Parma, Italy | Turbosound Impact 50 | 16 | horizontal ring of 8 (centered octagon) plus 3D cube | 3 | 2007 |
| The Cube | ICAT, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA | JBL SCS8, JBL LSR6328P | 138 | 10 JBL LSR6328P at seated height, 64 JBL SCS8 in a ring at 2.4m height, 20 JBL SCS8 at 4.8m height, 20 JBL SCS8 at 7.2m height, 20 downfacing JBL SCS8 at 9.6m height, 4 Meyer UMS-1P subwoofers, 2 JBL 5628 LFE subwoofer | 10 | 2014 |
| Perform Studio | ICAT, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA | Genelec 8030 | 24 | Two rings of 12 Genelecs, one at 1.7m height and the other at 3m | 3 | 2013 |
| ASPIRe | Randolph Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA | JBL LSR305 | 38 | Two dense rings and sparse overhead | 5 | 2016 |
| AurLab | AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland | Genelec 6010A, Genelec 8030A | 12 | Three rings referring to a sphere (4-8-4). Middle one at seating human ears height. | 3 | 2013 |
| Performance Lab | Media Studios,Engineering G2, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK | Meyer Sound mm4xp | 24 | 4th order Ambisonic cubical dome | Unknown | Unknown |
| Listening Room | Media Studios,Engineering G2 ,Queen Mary University of London, London, UK | Meyer Sound mm4xp | 16 | 3rd order Ambisonic Cubical dome. | Unknown | Unknown |
| Immersive Mix Lab | Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN | Neumann KH120, KH810 subwoofers | 22 | Irregular periphonic 20.4 layout | N/A | 2018 |
| B2 ATLAS Black Box Experimental Studio | ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder | 40.4 | Ambisonic audio system consisting of 40 coaxial speakers hung in a spherical arrangement with 4 custom subwoofers | 2020 | ||
| Tangible Music Lab Studio | Tangible Music Lab, Institute of Media, University of Arts Linz, Austria | OTTOsonics speakers and amplifiers | 23.2 | Half dome of speakers 12:6:4:1 and two subwoofers. | 2022 | |
| Tangible Music Lab Dodecahedron | Tangible Music Lab, Institute of Media, University of Arts Linz, Austria | OTTOsonics speakers and amplifiers | 20.1 | Dodecahedron with speakers at the corners pointing towards the center. External radius 2.5 meters. | 2023 | |
| Alter Bauhof | Alter Bauhof, Ottensheim, Austria | OTTOsonics speakers and amplifiers | 67.4 | Three layouts which can be used at the same time or separately:
|
2022 |
