Measuring the Perceived Differences between Similar High-quality Microphones

McKinnie D. Measuring the Perceived Differences between Similar High-quality Microphones. In: AES Convention 120. Audio Engineering Society; 2006. Paper 6639. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=13443

@inproceedings{McKinnie2006_13443,
  author = {McKinnie, Douglas},
  title = {{Measuring the Perceived Differences between Similar High-quality Microphones}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 120},
  note = {Paper 6639},
  year = {2006},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=13443}
}

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AB  - Microphones of similar construction and polar-pattern that can be equalized to have nearly identical on-axis frequency response still are reported to have different sonic character. To help develop a model of how other physical measurements could predict the subjective sonic character, perceptual data were collected from a panel of listeners. The listeners individually made dissimilarity ratings of pair-wise comparisons of 9 versions of a single piano performance. Each version was recorded with a different model of small-diaphragm cardioid condenser microphone. The data are used to derive a stimulus space showing the most salient dimensions upon which the perceived timbre of the microphones differed.
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