A Quantitative Evaluation of Media Device Orchestration for Immersive Spatial Audio Reproduction

Woodcock J, Francombe J, Hughes R, Mason R, Davies WJ, Cox TJ. A Quantitative Evaluation of Media Device Orchestration for Immersive Spatial Audio Reproduction. In: AES Conference: 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction - Aesthetics and Science. Audio Engineering Society; 2018. Paper P3-3. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19606

@inproceedings{Woodcock2018_19606,
  author = {Woodcock, James and Francombe, Jon and Hughes, Richard and Mason, Russell and Davies, William J. and Cox, Trevor J.},
  title = {{A Quantitative Evaluation of Media Device Orchestration for Immersive Spatial Audio Reproduction}},
  booktitle = {AES Conference: 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction - Aesthetics and Science},
  note = {Paper P3-3},
  year = {2018},
  month = jul,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19606}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - A Quantitative Evaluation of Media Device Orchestration for Immersive Spatial Audio Reproduction
AU  - Woodcock, James
AU  - Francombe, Jon
AU  - Hughes, Richard
AU  - Mason, Russell
AU  - Davies, William J.
AU  - Cox, Trevor J.
T2  - AES Conference: 2018 AES International Conference on Spatial Reproduction - Aesthetics and Science
M1  - Paper P3-3
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/07/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Media device orchestration (MDO) is the concept of using an ad hoc array of devices to deliver or augment a media experience. This paper describes a multiple stimulus rating experiment designed to evaluate the overall quality of listening experience (QoLE) of a range of common home audio systems (mono, two-channel, and ?ve-channel) and two audio MDO systems. Twenty-six experienced listeners performed the experiment in two listening positions (on and off sweet spot) for three program items. Kruskal-Wallis tests revealed signi?cant differences in QoLE between the evaluated systems. Post-hoc Wilcoxon signed-rank tests suggested that MDO can perform similarly to two- and ?ve-channel systems in the on sweet spot listening position, and improve the QoLE off sweet spot.
ER  -