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Convention Paper

Robustness of Multiple Listener Equalization with Magnitude Response Averaging

Authors: Kyriakakis, Chris; Bharitkar, Sunil; Hilmes, Philip

AES Convention 113 · Paper 5669 · October 2002

Abstract

Traditionally, room response equalization is performed to improve sound quality at a given listener. How- ever, room responses vary with source and listener positions. Hence, in a multiple listener environment, equalization may be performed through spatial averaging of magnitude responses at locations of interest. However, the performance of averaging based equalization, at the listeners, may be affected when listener positions change. In this paper, we present a statistical approach to map variations in listener positions to a performance metric of equalization for magnitude response averaging. The results indicate that, for the analyzed listener con_gurations, the zone of equalization depends on distance of microphones from a source and the frequencies in the sound.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 113
AES Convention
113
Paper number
5669
Publication date
October 6, 2002
Session subject
Room Acoustics and Sound Reinforcement
Affiliation
Immersive Audio Laboratory, Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper