Listener-preferred headphone frequency response for stereo and spatial audio content
File(s)
Published version
Author(s)
Engel Alonso-Martinez, Isaac
Alon, David Lou
Mehra, Ravish
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
When spatial audio content is presented over headphones, the audio signal is typically filtered with binaural roomimpulse responses (BRIRs). An accurate virtual auditory space presentation can be achieved by flattening theheadphones’ frequency response. However, when presenting stereo music over headphones, previous studies haveshown that listeners prefer headphones with a frequency response that simulates loudspeakers in a listening room.It is as yet unclear if headphones that are calibrated in such a way will be preferred by listeners in the context ofspatial audio content as well. This study investigates how listeners’ preferences for headphone frequency responsemay differ between stereo audio content and spatial audio content, which was rendered by convolving the samestereo content with in-situ-measured BRIRs of loudspeakers in a room.
Date Issued
2020-08-13
Date Acceptance
2020-05-28
Citation
2020, pp.1-5
Publisher
Audio Engineering Society
Start Page
1
End Page
5
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s). This paper is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
License URL
Identifier
http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=20868
Source
2020 AES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2020-08-17
Finish Date
2020-08-19
Coverage Spatial
Online