Evaluation of Multichannel Audio in Automobiles versus Mobile Phones

Toosy F, Ehsan MS. Evaluation of Multichannel Audio in Automobiles versus Mobile Phones. In: AES Convention 147. Audio Engineering Society; 2019. Paper 10219. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20592

@inproceedings{Toosy2019_20592,
  author = {Toosy, Fesal and Ehsan, Muhammad Sarwar},
  title = {{Evaluation of Multichannel Audio in Automobiles versus Mobile Phones}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 147},
  note = {Paper 10219},
  year = {2019},
  month = oct,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=20592}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Evaluation of Multichannel Audio in Automobiles versus Mobile Phones
AU  - Toosy, Fesal
AU  - Ehsan, Muhammad Sarwar
T2  - AES Convention 147
M1  - Paper 10219
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DA  - 2019/10/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
AB  - Multichannel surround and 3D audio are slowly gaining popularity and eventually commercial content in these formats will become common. Many automobiles still have a stereo sound system with some firmware or software that is capable of rendering multichannel audio into stereo. This paper shows the results of a listening test for multichannel audio conducted in a medium-sized car. The results of this test are compared to the results of a listening test for the same audio excerpts but conducted on a mobile phone with headphones. The results show that on mobile phones, multichannel audio clearly outperforms stereo in terms of perceived audio quality as rated by a user. However in automobiles, multichannel audio only shows marginal improvement in the rated audio quality.
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