ASCENDO Immersive Audio debuted its DIRECTOR LED Wall Loudspeaker System. LED walls pose audio challenges because speakers can’t be placed directly behind the acoustically transparent screen as in many home theater setups. ASCENDO’s DIRECTOR is a patent-pending solution that offers audio from a flush-mount, in-ceiling speaker used as part of a larger ASCENDO immersive audio system.

ASCENDO’s DIRECTOR direct-radiating point source speaker claims sound to every seat. Its flush-mount in-ceiling design integrates into home theater and media room designs that keep the focus on the LED wall or non-acoustically transparent video screen.

The company designed, developed, and tested 3D-printed special waveguides for the DIRECTOR’s tweeter and woofer to find the best coupling between them without significant lobing or cancellations. The speaker’s AMT-driven waveguide has asymmetrical horizontal and vertical sound dispersion and HF dispersion lens. Its performance is scalable and can easily exceed 130dB SPL.

In rooms with high ceilings where steep listening angles exist, ASCENDO uses psychoacoustics through a time-aligned, equalized and level-matched balancing speaker positioned below the LED wall to lower the perceived phantom sound source.