The Effect of Whole-Body Vibration on Preferred Bass Equalization in Automotive Audio Systems

Simon G, Olive S, Welti T. The Effect of Whole-Body Vibration on Preferred Bass Equalization in Automotive Audio Systems. In: AES Convention 127. Audio Engineering Society; 2009. Paper 7956. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15150

@inproceedings{Simon2009_15150,
  author = {Simon, Germain and Olive, Sean and Welti, Todd},
  title = {{The Effect of Whole-Body Vibration on Preferred Bass Equalization in Automotive Audio Systems}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 127},
  note = {Paper 7956},
  year = {2009},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=15150}
}

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AB  - A set of experiments studied the effect of whole-body vibration on preferred low frequency equalization of an automotive audio system. Listeners’ bass equalization preferences were measured for four different music programs reproduced through a high quality automotive audio system auditioned in situ (in the car) and through a headphonebased binaural room scanning (BRS) system. The task was repeated while the listener experienced different levels of simulated and real whole-body vibrations associated with the automotive audio system itself. The results reveal that the presence of whole-body vibration can reduce the preferred level of bass equalization by as much as 3 dB depending on the program, the level of vibration, and the individual listener. Evaluations of a virtualized automotive audio system were judged to sound closer to the actual system when the simulated vibrations were included.
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