A Loudness-Based Adaptive Equalization Technique for Subjectively Improved Sound Reproduction

Drossos K, Floros A, Kanellopoulos NG. A Loudness-Based Adaptive Equalization Technique for Subjectively Improved Sound Reproduction. In: AES Convention 136. Audio Engineering Society; 2014. Paper 9085. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17231

@inproceedings{Drossos2014_17231,
  author = {Drossos, Konstantinos and Floros, Andreas and Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos-Grigorios},
  title = {{A Loudness-Based Adaptive Equalization Technique for Subjectively Improved Sound Reproduction}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 136},
  note = {Paper 9085},
  year = {2014},
  month = apr,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17231}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - A Loudness-Based Adaptive Equalization Technique for Subjectively Improved Sound Reproduction
AU  - Drossos, Konstantinos
AU  - Floros, Andreas
AU  - Kanellopoulos, Nikolaos-Grigorios
T2  - AES Convention 136
M1  - Paper 9085
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/04/06
UR  - https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17231
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Sound equalization is a common approach for objectively or subjectively defining the reproduction level at specific frequency bands. It is also well-known that the human auditory system demonstrates an inner process of sound-weighting. Due to this, the perceived loudness changes with the frequency and the user-defined sound reproduction gain, resulting into a deviation of the intended and the perceived equalization scheme as the sound level changes. In this work we introduce a novel equalization approach that takes into account the above perceptual loudness effect in order to achieve subjectively constant equalization. A series of listening tests shows that the proposed equalization technique is an efficient and listener-preferred alternative for both professional and home audio reproduction applications.
ER  -