1. A method comprising:', 'identifying a Huffman codebook to use when decompressing a compressed version of a spatial component of a plurality of compressed spatial components based on an order of the compressed version of the spatial component relative to remaining ones of the plurality of compressed spatial components, the spatial component generated by performing a vector based synthesis with respect to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients.

2. The method of claim 2, further comprising', 'obtaining a bitstream comprising the compressed version of a spatial component of a sound field, and', 'decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component using, at least in part, the identified Huffman codebook to obtain the spatial component.

3. The method of claim 2,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a field specifying a prediction mode used when compressing the spatial component, and', 'wherein decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component comprises decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the prediction mode to obtain the spatial component.

4. The method of claim 2,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, Huffman table information specifying a Huffman table used when compressing the spatial component, and', 'wherein decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component comprises decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the Huffman table information.

5. The method of claim 2,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a field indicating a value that expresses a quantization step size or a variable thereof used when compressing the spatial component, and', 'wherein decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component comprises decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the value comprises an nbits value.

7. The method of claim 5,', 'wherein the bitstream comprises a compressed version of a plurality of spatial components of the sound field of which the compressed version of the spatial component is included,', 'wherein the value expresses the quantization step size or a variable thereof used when compressing the plurality of spatial components and', 'wherein decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component comprises decompressing the plurality of compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the value.

8. The method of claim 2,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a Huffman code to represent a category identifier that identifies a compression category to which the spatial component corresponds and wherein decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component comprises decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the Huffman code.

9. The method of claim 2,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a sign bit identifying whether the spatial component is a positive value or a negative value, and', 'wherein decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component comprises decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the sign bit

10. The method of claim 2,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a Huffman code to represent a residual value of the spatial component and', 'wherein decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component comprises decompressing the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the Huffman code

11. A device comprising:', 'one or more processors configured to identify a Huffman codebook to use when decompressing a compressed version of a spatial component of a plurality of compressed spatial components based on an order of the compressed version of the spatial component relative to remaining ones of the plurality of compressed spatial components, the spatial component generated by performing a vector based synthesis with respect to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients

12. The device of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to obtain a bitstream comprising the compressed version of a spatial component of a sound field, and decompress the compressed version of the spatial component using, at least in part, the identified Huffman codebook to obtain the spatial component

13. The device of claim 12,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a field specifying a prediction mode used when compressing the spatial component, and', 'wherein the one or more processors are configured to decompress the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the prediction mode to obtain the spatial component

14. The device of claim 12,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, Huffman table information specifying a Huffman table used when compressing the spatial component, and', 'wherein the one or more processors are configured to decompress the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the Huffman table information

15. The device of claim 12,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a field indicating a value that expresses a quantization step size or a variable thereof used when compressing the spatial component, and', 'wherein the one or more processors are configured to decompress the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the value

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the value comprises an nbits value

17. The device of claim 15,', 'wherein the bitstream comprises a compressed version of a plurality of spatial components of the sound field of which the compressed version of the spatial component is included,', 'wherein the value expresses the quantization step size or a variable thereof used when compressing the plurality of spatial components and', 'wherein the one or more processors are configured to decompress the plurality of compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the value

18. The device of claim 12,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a Huffman code to represent a category identifier that identifies a compression category to which the spatial component corresponds and', 'wherein the one or more processors are configured to decompress the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the Huffman code

19. The device of claim 12,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a sign bit identifying whether the spatial component is a positive value or a negative value, and', 'wherein the one or more processors are configured to decompress the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the sign bit.

20. The device of claim 12,', 'wherein the compressed version of the spatial component is represented in the bitstream using, at least in part, a Huffman code to represent a residual value of the spatial component and', 'wherein the one or more processors are configured to decompress the compressed version of the spatial component based, at least in part, on the Huffman code included in the identified Huffman codebook.

21. A device comprising :', 'means for identifying a Huffman codebook to use when decompressing a compressed version of a spatial component of a plurality of compressed spatial components based on an order of the compressed version of the spatial component relative to remaining ones of the plurality of compressed spatial components, the spatial component generated by performing a vector based synthesis with respect to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients; and', 'means for string the plurality of compressed spatial components.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed cause one or more processors to:', 'identify a Huffman codebook to use when decompressing a spatial component of a plurality of spatial components based on an order of the spatial component relative to remaining ones of the plurality of spatial components, the spatial component generated by performing a vector based synthesis with respect to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients.

23. A method comprising :', 'identifying a Huffman codebook to use when compressing a spatial component of a plurality of spatial components based on an order of the spatial component relative to remaining ones of the plurality of spatial components, the spatial component generated by performing a vector based synthesis with respect to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein identifying the Huffman codebook comprises identifying the Huffman codebook based on a prediction mode used when compressing the spatial component.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, Huffman table information identifying the Huffman codebook.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, a field indicating a value that expresses a quantization step size or a variable thereof used when compressing the spatial component.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the value comprises an nbits value.

28. The method of claim 26,', 'wherein the bitstream comprises a compressed version of a plurality of spatial components of the sound field of which the compressed version of the spatial component is included, and', 'wherein the value expresses the quantization step size or a variable thereof used when compressing the plurality of spatial components.

29. The method of claim 23, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, a Huffman code selected form the identified Huffman codebook to represent a category identifier that identifies a compression category to which the spatial component corresponds.

30. The method of claim 23, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, a sign bit identifying whether the spatial component is a positive value or a negative value.

31. The method of claims 23, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, a Huffman code selected form the identified Huffman codebook to represent a residual value of the spatial component.

32. The method of any combination of claims 23, further comprising:', 'compressing the spatial component based on the identified Huffman codebook to generate a compressed version of the spatial component; and', 'generating the bitstream to include the compressed version of the spatial component.

33. A device comprising :', 'one or more processors configured to identify a Huffman codebook to use when compressing a spatial component of a plurality of spatial components based on an order of the spatial component relative to remaining ones of the plurality of spatial components, the spatial component generated by performing a vector based synthesis with respect to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients.

34. The device of claim 33, wherein the one or more processors are configured to identify the Huffman codebook based on a prediction mode used when compressing the spatial component.

35. The device of claim 33, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, Huffman table information identifying the Huffman codebook.

36. The device of claim 33, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, a field indicating a value that expresses a quantization step size or a variable thereof used when compressing the spatial component.

37. The device of claim 36, wherein the value comprises an nbits value.

38. The device of claim 36,', 'wherein the bitstream comprises a compressed version of a plurality of spatial components of the sound field of which the compressed version of the spatial component is included, and', 'wherein the value expresses the quantization step size or a variable thereof used when compressing the plurality of spatial components.

39. The device of claim 33, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, a Huffman code selected form the identified Huffman codebook to represent a category identifier that identifies a compression category to which the spatial component corresponds.

40. The device of claim 33, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, a sign bit identifying whether the spatial component is a positive value or a negative value.

41. The device of claims 33, wherein a compressed version of the spatial component is represented in a bitstream using, at least in part, a Huffman code selected form the identified Huffman codebook to represent a residual value of the spatial component.

42. The device of any combination of claims 33, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to compress the spatial component based on the identified Huffman codebook to generate a compressed version of the spatial component, and generate the bitstream to include the compressed version of the spatial component.

43. A device comprising:', 'means for storing a Huffman codebook; and', 'means for identifying the Huffman codebook to use when compressing a spatial component of a plurality of spatial components based on an order of the spatial component relative to remaining ones of the plurality of spatial components, the spatial component generated by performing a vector based synthesis with respect to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients.

44. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to:', 'identify a Huffman codebook to use when compressing a spatial component of a plurality of spatial components based on an order of the spatial component relative to remaining ones of the plurality of spatial components, the spatial component generated by performing a vector based synthesis with respect to a plurality of spherical harmonic coefficients.']