Subjective Evaluation of Headphone Target Frequency Responses

Lorho G. Subjective Evaluation of Headphone Target Frequency Responses. In: AES Convention 126. Audio Engineering Society; 2009. Paper 7770. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14966

@inproceedings{Lorho2009_14966,
  author = {Lorho, Gaëtan},
  title = {{Subjective Evaluation of Headphone Target Frequency Responses}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 126},
  note = {Paper 7770},
  year = {2009},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=14966}
}

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AB  - The effect of headphone frequency response equalization on listeners’ preference was studied for music and speech reproduction. The high-quality circum-aural headphones selected for this listening experiment were first equalized to produce a flat frequency response. Then, a set of filters was created based on two parameters defining the amplitude and center frequency of the main peak found around 3 kHz in the free-field and diffuse-field equalization curves. Two different listening tests were carried out to evaluate these equalization candidates using a different methodology and a total of 80 listeners. The results of this study indicate that a target frequency response with a 3 kHz peak of lower amplitude than in the diffuse-field response is preferred by listeners for both music and speech.
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