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A Statistical Model that Predicts Listeners’ Preference Ratings of In-Ear Headphones: Part 2—Development and Validation of the Model

Authors: Olive, Sean; Welti, Todd; Khonsaripour, Omid

AES Convention 143 · Paper 9878 · October 2017

Abstract

Part 1 of this paper presented the results of controlled listening tests where 71 listeners both trained and untrained gave preference ratings for 30 different models of in-ear (IE) headphones. Both trained and untrained listeners preferred the headphone equalized to Harman IE target curve. Objective measurements indicated the magnitude response of the headphone appeared to be a predictor of its preference rating, and the further it deviated from the response of the Harman IE target curve the less it was generally preferred. Part 2 presents a linear regression model that accurately predicts the headphone preference ratings (r = 0.91) based on the size, standard deviation and slope of the magnitude response deviation from the response of the Harman IE headphone target curve.

Details

Published in
AES Convention 143
AES Convention
143
Paper number
9878
Publication date
October 6, 2017
Session subject
Perception—Part 3
Affiliation
Harman International, Northridge, CA, USA; Harman International Inc., Northridge, CA, USA (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Convention Paper