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Phantom Image Elevation Explained

Authors: Lee, Hyunkook

AES Convention 141 · Paper 9664 · September 2016

Abstract

A subjective experiment was conducted to identify frequency bands that produce the effect of phantom image elevation. Subjects judged the perceived image regions of phantom center images for a broadband pink noise burst and its octave bands with seven different loudspeaker base angles. The 500 Hz and 8 kHz bands were found to be the most effective bands for the perception of above image with the base angle of 180°. The role of acoustic crosstalks for the elevation effect was also examined using binaural stimuli created for the 180° angle. It was found that the elevation effect was significantly reduced when the crosstalks were removed or their delay times were manipulated to 0 ms. Furthermore, the low frequency component of the crosstalk was found to produce greater elevation and externalization effects than the high frequency component.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 141
AES Convention
141
Paper number
9664
Publication date
September 6, 2016
Session subject
Perception
Affiliation
University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper