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Magnitude and Phase Response Measurement of Headphones at the Eardrum

Authors: Christensen, Anders T.; Hess, Wolfgang; Silzle, Andreas; Hammershøi, Dorte

AES Conference: 51st International Conference: Loudspeakers and Headphones · Paper 3-3 · August 2013

Abstract

Transfer functions of headphones are measured to verify that they meet certain requirements or to determine what equalization may make them meet an ideal target curve. The present study compares six headphones by physical measurements at the eardrums of six individuals and on a dummy head. For headphone transfer functions we are interested in the variability in the produced sound pressure at the eardrum across individuals, the similarity between dummy head and real-ear measurements, the agreement with the diffuse-field design target and, finally, the prevalence of all-pass phase.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 51st International Conference: Loudspeakers and Headphones
Paper number
3-3
Publication date
August 6, 2013
Session subject
Headphones
Affiliation
Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen, Germany (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper