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R. Conetta, T. Brookes, F. Rumsey, S. Zielinski, M. Dewhirst, P. Jackson, S. Bech, D. Meares, and S. George, "Spatial Audio Quality Perception (Part 1): Impact of Commonly Encountered Processes," J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 62, no. 12, pp. 831-846, (2014 December.). doi: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2014.0048 R. Conetta, T. Brookes, F. Rumsey, S. Zielinski, M. Dewhirst, P. Jackson, S. Bech, D. Meares, and S. George, "Spatial Audio Quality Perception (Part 1): Impact of Commonly Encountered Processes," J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 62 Issue 12 pp. 831-846, (2014 December.). doi: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2014.0048
Abstract: Spatial audio processes (SAPs) commonly encountered in consumer audio reproduction systems are known to produce a range of impairments to spatial quality. By way of two listening tests, this paper investigated the degree of degradation of the spatial quality of six 5-channel audio recordings resulting from 48 such SAPs. Perceived degradation also depends on the particular listeners, the program content, and the listening location. For example, combining off-center listener with another SAP can reduce spatial quality significantly when compared to listening to that SAP from a central location. The choice of the SAP can have a large influence on the degree of degradation. Taken together these findings and the quality-annotated database can guide the development of a regression model of perceived overall spatial audio quality, incorporating previously developed spatially-relevant feature-extraction algorithms. The results can guide the development of an artificial-listener-based evaluation system.

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AU - Conetta, Robert
AU - Brookes, Tim
AU - Rumsey, Francis
AU - Zielinski, Slawomir
AU - Dewhirst, Martin
AU - Jackson, Philip
AU - Bech, Søren
AU - Meares, David
AU - George, Sunish
PY - 2015
JO - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
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VO - 62
VL - 62
Y1 - December 2014 TY - paper
TI - Spatial Audio Quality Perception (Part 1): Impact of Commonly Encountered Processes
SP - 831 EP - 846
AU - Conetta, Robert
AU - Brookes, Tim
AU - Rumsey, Francis
AU - Zielinski, Slawomir
AU - Dewhirst, Martin
AU - Jackson, Philip
AU - Bech, Søren
AU - Meares, David
AU - George, Sunish
PY - 2015
JO - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
IS - 12
VO - 62
VL - 62
Y1 - December 2014
AB - Spatial audio processes (SAPs) commonly encountered in consumer audio reproduction systems are known to produce a range of impairments to spatial quality. By way of two listening tests, this paper investigated the degree of degradation of the spatial quality of six 5-channel audio recordings resulting from 48 such SAPs. Perceived degradation also depends on the particular listeners, the program content, and the listening location. For example, combining off-center listener with another SAP can reduce spatial quality significantly when compared to listening to that SAP from a central location. The choice of the SAP can have a large influence on the degree of degradation. Taken together these findings and the quality-annotated database can guide the development of a regression model of perceived overall spatial audio quality, incorporating previously developed spatially-relevant feature-extraction algorithms. The results can guide the development of an artificial-listener-based evaluation system.