The Audibility of Typical Digital Audio Filters in a High-Fidelity Playback System

Jackson HM, Capp MD, Stuart JR. The Audibility of Typical Digital Audio Filters in a High-Fidelity Playback System. In: AES Convention 137. Audio Engineering Society; 2014. Paper 9174. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17497

@inproceedings{Jackson2014_17497,
  author = {Jackson, Helen M. and Capp, Michael D. and Stuart, J. Robert},
  title = {{The Audibility of Typical Digital Audio Filters in a High-Fidelity Playback System}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 137},
  note = {Paper 9174},
  year = {2014},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17497}
}

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AB  - This paper describes listening tests investigating the audibility of various filters applied in high-resolution wideband digital playback systems. Discrimination between filtered and unfiltered signals was compared directly in the same subjects using a double-blind psychophysical test. Filter responses tested were representative of anti-alias filters used in A/D (analog-to-digital) converters or mastering processes. Further tests probed the audibility of 16-bit quantization with or without a rectangular dither. Results suggest that listeners are sensitive to the small signal alterations introduced by these filters and quantization. Two main conclusions are offered: first, there exist audible signals that cannot be encoded transparently by a standard CD; and second, an audio chain used for such experiments must be capable of high-fidelity reproduction.
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