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Conference Paper

Objective Measures of Spaciousness and Envelopment

Authors: Griesinger, David

AES Conference: 16th International Conference: Spatial Sound Reproduction · Paper 16-003 · March 1999

Abstract

Research into concert hall acoustics has shown that acoustic preference is strongly influenced by spatial properties of the sound field. Commonly discussed perceptions include Apparent Source Width (ASW), -Intimacy,- and Listener Envelopment (LEV). Objective measures of these perceptions have proven difficult to construct, in part because the perceptions depend strongly on the source signal. Current measures for these properties have not always given consistent results and are not, in general, applicable to sound systems in small rooms. This paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of conventional measures. It also presents two new measures, diffuse-field transfer function (DTF) and average interaural time delay (AITD), which are useful at low frequencies in small rooms.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 16th International Conference: Spatial Sound Reproduction
Paper number
16-003
Publication date
March 6, 1999
Session subject
Spatial Sound Reproduction
Type
Conference Paper