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Psychological Evaluation of Non-Linear Distortion

A method is suggested for psychological evaluation of static continuous tone quality which has been changed for the worse by non-linear distortion occurring in an electronic circuit. An output signal distorted through a non-linear circuit is first Fourier analyzed into partial components and then the dissonance value (turbidity) is calculated by a -Consonance Theory.- The result agrees well with psychological experiments on turbidity of distorted signals.

Authors: Yahiro, H.; Kameoka, A.; Kuriyagawa, M.
Affiliation: Toshiba Research and Development Center, Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, Japan
AES Convention:37 (October 1969) Paper Number:665 Import into BibTeX

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