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Height Loudspeaker Position and Its Influence on Listeners’ Hedonic Responses

Authors: Kim, Sungyoung; Indelicato, Mark; Hidetaka, Imamura; Miyazaki, Hideo

AES Conference: 2016 AES International Conference on Sound Field Control · Paper 3-1 · July 2016

Abstract

Height channels are used to enhance immersiveness and presence of reproduced music. This comparative study focused on possible impact of height-loudspeaker positions, coupled with room acoustics of a listening room, on listener’s hedonic responses. Moreover, the study aimed to discover a physical parameter that covaries with the responses. The results show that the position of height-loudspeakers is a significant factor that differentiated listeners’ hedonic responses. To determine the physical parameter affecting listener responses, the authors measured and simulated loudspeaker-to-listener transfer functions. The results show that hedonic responses associated with the height loudspeaker positions were correlated with the ratio between frontal and overhead acoustic energy.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 2016 AES International Conference on Sound Field Control
Paper number
3-1
Publication date
July 6, 2016
Session subject
Psychoacoustics
Affiliation
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA; Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan; Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, Japan (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper