Coloration Metrics for Headphone Equalization

Year of Conference
2015

Type

Conference Proceedings
Abstract

Headphone equalization is essential to binaural listening. Equalization algorithms have previously been optimized by hand using heuristics and a small set of measurements from a single institution. The PHOnA Project allows us to compare different equalizations across data from many laboratories. This paper develops a set of objective metrics for the psychoacoustic phenomena that cause audible coloration during headphone listening. This will allow a better understanding of how to create a transparent reproduction channel for 3D audio listening via headphones.

Conference Name
21st International Conference on Auditory Display