Characterizing the Frequency Response of Headphones—A New Paradigm

Horbach U. Characterizing the Frequency Response of Headphones—A New Paradigm. In: AES Convention 138. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9274. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17698

@inproceedings{Horbach2015_17698,
  author = {Horbach, Ulrich},
  title = {{Characterizing the Frequency Response of Headphones—A New Paradigm}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 138},
  note = {Paper 9274},
  year = {2015},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17698}
}

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AB  - Traditional headphone measurements suffer from large variations if carried out on human subjects with probe microphones, and standardized couplers introduce additional biases, as concluded in a recent paper. Beyond that, there is no clear indication in literature about what the actual perceived frequency response of a headphone might be. This paper explores new measurement methods that avoid the human body as much as possible by measuring the headphone directly, in an attempt to overcome these restrictions and gain more accuracy. Design principles are described in the second part. A novel, DSP controlled, high-quality headphone is introduced that offers the ability to auto-calibrate its frequency response to the individual who is wearing it.
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