Subjective Evaluation of an Audio Distribution Coding System

Grant D, Fielder LD, Davidson G. Subjective Evaluation of an Audio Distribution Coding System. In: AES Convention 111. Audio Engineering Society; 2001. Paper 5443. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=9823

@inproceedings{Grant2001_9823,
  author = {Grant, Dane and Fielder, Louis D. and Davidson, Grant},
  title = {{Subjective Evaluation of an Audio Distribution Coding System}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 111},
  note = {Paper 5443},
  year = {2001},
  month = nov,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=9823}
}

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AB  - Subjective quality is a critical indicator of the suitability of bit-rate reduction codecs for digital audio contribution/distribution applications. Accordingly, a formal double-blind test was conducted to evaluate the subjective quality of a contribution/distribution cascade (eight Dolby E audio codecs in tandem), both separately and when combined with three standardized stereo emission codecs. In this test, the contribution/distribution cascade exceeded the ITU-R basic audio quality requirements for broadcast applications. The results further indicate that when using the contribution/distribution cascade in tandem with any one of the emission codecs, audio quality is effectively limited by the emission codec alone. The test methodologies conformed to Recommendation ITU-R BS.1116, and hence represent an estimate of worst-case performance.
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