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Journal Article

Listening Tests-Turning Opinion into Fact

Authors: Toole, Floyd E.

Journal of the Audio Engineering Society · Volume 30 · Issue 6 · pp. 431–445 · June 1982

Abstract

Listening tests of many kinds take place regularly in the audio industry. Most of them lack the necessary psychological and acoustical controls to produce results that are of real significance, yet the course of audio is regularly influenced by opinions derived from such tests. Some familiar and some not so familiar sources of variability in subjective evaluations of sound quality are reviewed, and the standardization of certain basic technical factors currently being chosen in an arbitrary manner is proposed.

Details

Publication
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Volume
30
Issue
6
Pages
431–445
Publication date
June 6, 1982
Affiliation
National Research Council, Ottawa, Ont. K1A OR6, Canada (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Journal Article