Stereophony and Wave Field Synthesis (WFS) are capable of providing the listener with a rich spatial audio experience. They both come with different advantages and challenges. Due to different requirements during the music production stage, a meaningful direct comparison of both methods has rarely been carried out in previous research. As stereophony relies on a channel- and WFS on a model-based approach, the same mix cannot be used for both systems. In this study mixes of different popular-music recordings have been generated, each for two-channel stereophony, surround stereophony, and WFS. The focus is on comparability between the reproduction systems in terms of the resulting sound quality. In a paired-comparison test listeners rated their preferred listening experience.

Authors: Hold, Christoph; Wierstorf, Hagen; Raake, Alexander
Affiliations: Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention: 140 (May 2016) Paper Number: 9533
Publication Date: May 26, 2016 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Audio Quality
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