Quantifying Listener Preference of Flat-Panel Loudspeakers

Heilemann M, Anderson D, Roessner S, Bocko MF. Quantifying Listener Preference of Flat-Panel Loudspeakers. In: AES Convention 145. Audio Engineering Society; 2018. Paper 10087. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19813

@inproceedings{Heilemann2018_19813,
  author = {Heilemann, Michael and Anderson, David and Roessner, Stephen and Bocko, Mark F.},
  title = {{Quantifying Listener Preference of Flat-Panel Loudspeakers}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 145},
  note = {Paper 10087},
  year = {2018},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=19813}
}

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TI  - Quantifying Listener Preference of Flat-Panel Loudspeakers
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AU  - Bocko, Mark F.
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AB  - We present a perceptual evaluation of ?at-panel loudspeakers derived from anechoic amplitude response measurements. Seventy measurements were used to formulate frequency response curves for each loudspeaker characterizing the effects of listener position and in-room reflections. A model developed by Olive [1] was applied to the response curves to predict a preference rating for each loudspeaker. A commercial flat-panel speaker and a flat-panel speaker with a modal crossover network enabled/disabled were measured along with a conventional speaker. The modal crossover speaker scored over 10 points higher than the other flat-panel speakers and displayed a smooth low-frequency response. For flat-panel loudspeakers to produce preference ratings comparable with conventional speakers, structural improvements must be made to reduce the narrow band deviation at high-frequencies.
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