An electrical network architecture including a reconfigurable interface layer, along with a corresponding reconfiguration methodology. Temporal variables in one or more speech samples are dynamically quantified. The plumb line holder also comprises an elongated plumb line support portion transversally connected to the mounting portion, the elongated plumb line support portion defining and extending along a second axis transversal to the first axis, the plumb line support portion for movably holding a plumb line. One embodiment of the disclosed system is comprised of a microphone array, an encoder, a decoder, and a plurality of speakers, some of which may not be located in the plane of the listener.