Investigation of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Surround Systems

Soulodre GA, Lavoie MC, Norcross SG. Investigation of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Surround Systems. In: AES Convention 113. Audio Engineering Society; 2002. Paper 5676. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=11283

@inproceedings{Soulodre2002_11283,
  author = {Soulodre, Gilbert A. and Lavoie, Michel C. and Norcross, Scott G.},
  title = {{Investigation of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Surround Systems}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 113},
  note = {Paper 5676},
  year = {2002},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=11283}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Investigation of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Surround Systems
AU  - Soulodre, Gilbert A.
AU  - Lavoie, Michel C.
AU  - Norcross, Scott G.
T2  - AES Convention 113
M1  - Paper 5676
PY  - 2002
DA  - 2002/10/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
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AB  - It is now well understood that listener envelopment (LEV) is an essential component of good concert hall acoustics. An objective measure based on the late-lateral energy has been shown to perform well at predicting LEV. One goal of multichannel surround systems is to improve the re-creation of the concert hall experience in a home listening environment. By varying the amount of late-lateral energy, such systems should allow the perception of LEV to be enhanced and controlled. In this paper the loudspeaker/listening room interactions are shown to limit the range of acoustical conditions that can be re-created. A series of formal subjective tests were conducted to determine if objective measures of late-lateral energy are suitable for predicting LEV in multichannel surround systems.
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