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A Listening Test System for Automotive Audio - Part 4: Comparison of Attribute Ratings Made by Expert and Non-Expert Listeners

A series of experiments was conducted in order to validate an experimental procedure to perform listening tests on car audio systems in a simulation of the car environment in a laboratory, using binaural synthesis with head-tracking. Seven experts and 40 non-expert listeners rated a range of stimuli for 15 sound-quality attributes developed by the experts. This paper presents a comparison between the attribute ratings from the two groups of participants. Overall preference of the non-experts was also measured using direct ratings as well as indirect scaling based on paired comparisons. The results of both methods are compared.

Authors: Choisel, Sylvain; Hegarty, Patrick; Christensen, Flemming; Pedersen, Benjamin; Ellermeier, Wolfgang; Ghani, Jody; Song, Wookeun
Affiliations: Bang & Olufsen a/s; Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems, Acoustics(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention:123 (October 2007) Paper Number:7225 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Automotive Audio and Amplifiers

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