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Convention Paper

Loudness: A Study of the Subjective Difference between DML and Conventional Loudspeaker

Authors: Flanagan, Sheila; Harris, Neil

AES Convention 106 · Paper 4872 · May 1999

Abstract

In the auditioning of Distributed Mode Loudspeakers (DML), listeners have remarked on the position independence of sound quality. This study compares the subjective loudness properties of DML and conventional loudspeakers. Auditory modelling of objective measurements and the results of psychometric experiments to determine the perceived loudness are presented in this paper. Investigations into the psychoacoustic mechanisms to explain the phenomena are discussed.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 106
AES Convention
106
Paper number
4872
Publication date
May 6, 1999
Session subject
Psychoacoustics
Affiliation
New Transducers Ltd, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper