A listening test was conducted to assess the effect that different direct-to-reverberant ratios, loudspeaker setups and reverberation times have on the directional perception of a synthetic room response. The results show that the perceived spatial distribution of reverberation is dependent on the speaker setup, on the reverberation time and on the listener. Additionally, they show that a small amount of direct sound, even when barely masked by reverberation, shifts the overall perception to the front.

Authors: Gómez, Javier; Paiva, Rafael C. D.; Saksela, Kai; Svedström, Thomas; Pulkki, Ville
Affiliations: Aalto University, Espoo, Finland; Nokia Technology Institute, INdT, Brazil(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 130 (May 2011) Paper Number: 8441
Publication Date: May 13, 2011 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Posters: Room Acoutsics
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