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A New Method for Transient Distortion Detection

Authors: Temme, Steve; Shakya, Rahul; Datta, Jayant

AES Convention 155 · Paper 155 · October 2023

Abstract

Transient distortion, or ‘loose particle’ measurement, is an important loudspeaker production line quality control
metric that identifies and facilitates troubleshooting of manufacturing issues.
This paper introduces a new enhanced loose particle measurement technique that discriminates more accurately
and reliably than current methods. This new method introduces ‘prominence’, a new metric for audio
measurements, that effectively isolates transient distortion in the presence of periodic distortion. This technique
also offers the unique ability to listen to the isolated transient distortion waveform which makes it easier to set
limits based on audibility and has widespread applications.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 155
AES Convention
155
Paper number
155
Publication date
October 6, 2023
Session subject
Transducers / Converters
Affiliation
Listen, Inc.; Listen, Inc.; none (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Express Paper