Headphone-based spatial audio reproduction nowadays often uses Ambisonics-to-binaural rendering. For optimum beamforming, non-parametric methods, such as the Magnitude Least Squares (Mag-LS), and parametric methods, such as the coding and multidirectional parametrisation of Ambisonic sound scenes (COMPASS), were recently introduced. The use of individual (rather than non-individual) head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) technically optimises rendering. We present listening experiment results, indicating significantly higher overall perceived quality ratings of renderings with individual HRTFs than with non-individual HRTFs for a pre-conditioned participant focusing on externalisation and localisation.
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