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Evaluation of spatial audio reproduction methods (part 2) : analysis of listener preference

Francombe, J; Brookes, T; Mason, R; Woodcock, J

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J Francombe

T Brookes

R Mason

J Woodcock



Abstract

A paired-comparison preference rating experiment was performed in combination with a free-elicitation task for eight reproduction methods (consumer and professional systems with a wide range of expected quality) and seven program items (representative of potential broadcast material). The experiment was performed by groups of experienced and inexperienced listeners. Both groups preferred systems with increased spatial content; nine- and five-channel systems were most preferred. The use of elicited attributes was analyzed alongside the preference ratings, resulting in an approximate hierarchy of attribute importance. Three attributes (amount of distortion, output quality, and bandwidth) were found to be important for differentiating systems where there was a large preference difference; sixteen were always important (most notably enveloping and horizontal width); and seven were used alongside small preference differences. Although the presence of more spatial content increases preference, adding loudspeaker channels does not necessarily give a corresponding increase in preference.

Citation

Francombe, J., Brookes, T., Mason, R., & Woodcock, J. (2017). Evaluation of spatial audio reproduction methods (part 2) : analysis of listener preference. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 65(3), 212-225. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0071

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Mar 14, 2017
Deposit Date Mar 23, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 23, 2017
Journal Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
Print ISSN 1549-4950
Publisher Audio Engineering Society
Volume 65
Issue 3
Pages 212-225
DOI https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0071
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0071
Related Public URLs http://www.aes.org/journal/

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