To validate a head-tracking system in comparison to a loudspeaker-arrangement regarding perception of auditory source width (ASW), i.e. the horizontal extension of the auditory event (s), experiments by representing narrowband and broadband noise stimuli of chosen degrees of correlation were conducted. The excitation signals were presented by (i) pairs of loudspeakers and (ii) headphones with head-tracking in an anechoic environment. The evaluation by five trained subjects resulted in a good correspondence of the outcomes of the speaker and the head-tracking experiments, i.e. the head-tracking system had a negligible influence on spatial perception.

Author: Hess, Wolfgang
Affiliations: Institute of Communication Acoustics, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany ; Harman / Becker Automotive Systems, Karlsbad-Ittersbach, Germany(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 117 (October 2004) Paper Number: 6288
Publication Date: October 1, 2004 Import into BibTeX
Session Subject: Psychoacoustics, Perception, and Listening Tests; Spatial Perception and Processing
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