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Convention Paper

The Influence of Loudspeaker Type on Timbre Perception

Authors: Flanagan, Sheila; Moore, Brian C. J.

AES Convention 109 · Paper 5226 · September 2000

Abstract

Perceived timbre depends strongly on spectral shape. The authors compared spectral shape discrimination for a distributed mode loudspeaker (DML) and a cone loudspeaker. Subjects were asked to distinguish between a tone complex with a flat spectral envelope and a tone complex with a ripple in its spectral envelope for each type of loudspeaker. The ripple depth was varied to determine threshold. Performance was significantly better for the DML than for the cone loudspeaker.:

Details

Published in
AES Convention 109
AES Convention
109
Paper number
5226
Publication date
September 6, 2000
Session subject
Perception and Psychoacoustics
Affiliation
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper