HRTF Individualised Mag-LS and COMPASS Ambisonics-To-Binaural Rendering: Overall Perceived Quality for Pre-Conditioned Listeners

Schultz F, Doma S, Spors S, Fels J. HRTF Individualised Mag-LS and COMPASS Ambisonics-To-Binaural Rendering: Overall Perceived Quality for Pre-Conditioned Listeners. In: AES Convention 154. Audio Engineering Society; 2023. Paper 94. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22119

@inproceedings{Schultz2023_22119,
  author = {Schultz, Frank and Doma, Shaimaa and Spors, Sascha and Fels, Janina},
  title = {{HRTF Individualised Mag-LS and COMPASS Ambisonics-To-Binaural Rendering: Overall Perceived Quality for Pre-Conditioned Listeners}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 154},
  note = {Paper 94},
  year = {2023},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=22119}
}

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TI  - HRTF Individualised Mag-LS and COMPASS Ambisonics-To-Binaural Rendering: Overall Perceived Quality for Pre-Conditioned Listeners
AU  - Schultz, Frank
AU  - Doma, Shaimaa
AU  - Spors, Sascha
AU  - Fels, Janina
T2  - AES Convention 154
M1  - Paper 94
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - 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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