Hmmm, thanks for that. I was thinking of doing a software decoder. I've been 
using Audiomulch and the UHJ impulses up till now, but have been having phase 
issues with the final audio (which by he way the hardware decoders suffer from 
as well)

Just thought it would be interesting to do a software version of a hardware 
decoder
  I am definitely not the right person to answer to that, but:
  UHJ decoders with better directional "resolution" used to have
  four 10-pole phase shifters. The three AD7 shifters are eight pole
  (if I remember right, would need to check the schematics.)

  > Also a
  > question, I thought on only X&  Y were phase shifted +90 degrees
  > during encoding, am I wrong in this thinking?

  AFAIK it is difficult to design phase shifters with so "low" shifts.
  It is the relative phase difference between the phase shifters
  inside the decoder that counts. The W shifter has a certain phase shift
  and the other shifter outputs are leading or lacking the W in phase.

  A further difficulty is that the relative phase difference between the
  component signals should be the same on all frequencies.
  Again - as far as I have understood, this is difficult to solve in
  analog phase shifters.

  As the encoders also were made with analog phase shifters, errors
  in both of them added up as directional distortion.

  This is the way a sound designer sees it, other people on the list
  may be able to give you a more scientific explanation.

  Eero
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