Dynamically extending loudspeaker capabilities

1. A method for dynamic equalization performed at a system, the method comprising:

receiving an electronic audio signal;

monitoring available headroom based on two or more of: an amplifier of the system, a change in volume of the system, characteristics of a transducer of a loudspeaker associated with the system, and the audio signal; and

responsive to a change in the available headroom, modifying, based on the change in the available headroom, one or more parameters of an equalizer to at least a portion of the signal in order to extend a physical low-frequency response of the loudspeaker, the one or more parameters comprising a gain.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining the gain based on a volume of the system and a make-up gain of the system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining the gain based on the volume of the system and the make-up gain of the system further comprises:

determining a difference between the negative of the volume of the system and the make-up gain.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the gain is the minimum of the difference and a fixed limit.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising: determining a low-frequency cutoff based on the gain and a box-tuning frequency of the system.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining the low-frequency cutoff comprises: dividing the box-tuning frequency of the system to the at least a portion of the signal by the result of two to the power of the result of dividing the gain by a constant.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the frequency is the average of the low-frequency cutoff and the box-tuning frequency of the system.

8. A system comprising: circuitry;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more instructions causing the system to perform operations comprising: receiving an electronic audio signal;

monitoring available headroom based on two or more of: an amplifier of the system, a change in volume of the system, characteristics of a transducer of a loudspeaker associated with the system, and the audio signal; and

responsive to a change in the available headroom, modifying, based on the change in the available headroom, one or more parameters of an equalizer to at least a portion of the signal in order to extend a physical low-frequency response of the loudspeaker, the one or more parameters comprising a gain.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the equalizer comprises a second-order low-frequency shelving equalizer.

10. The system of claim 8 , the one or more instructions causing the system to perform operations comprising:

responsive to the change in the available headroom, adjusting, based on at least one parameter of the one or more parameters, a bandwidth of low-frequency content of the signal that is being synthesized by the system to extend low-frequency capability of the system beyond physical capabilities of the system.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the at least one parameter comprises the gain.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry is configured to cause the system to produce, via the loudspeaker, a harmonic structure corresponding to a portion of the content of the signal comprising a fundamental frequency that is beyond the physical capabilities of the system such that a human brain synthesizes the fundamental frequency as if the fundamental frequency physically existed.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the instructions for adjusting the bandwidth of low-frequency content comprises instructions for adjusting the bandwidth based on the gain.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of a system, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

receiving an electronic audio signal;

monitoring available headroom based on two or more of: an amplifier of the system, a change in volume of the system, characteristics of a transducer of a loudspeaker associated with the system, and the audio signal; and

responsive to a change in the available headroom, modifying, based on the change in the available headroom, one or more parameters of an equalizer to at least a portion of the signal in order to extend a physical low-frequency response of the loudspeaker, the one or more parameters comprising a gain.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the one or more programs comprising instructions for: determining the gain based on a volume of the system and a make-up gain of the system.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions for determining the gain based on the volume of the system and the make-up gain of the system further comprises instructions for:

determining a difference between the negative of the volume of the system and the make-up gain.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the gain is the minimum of the difference and a fixed limit.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , further comprising instructions for: determining a low-frequency cutoff based on the gain and a boxtuning frequency of the system.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions for determining the low-frequency cutoff comprises instructions for:

dividing the box-tuning frequency of the system to the at least a portion of the signal by the result of two to the power of the result of dividing the gain by a constant.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the frequency is the average of the low-frequency cutoff and the box-tuning frequency of the system.