Attendees: Robert Klacza, Roland Jacques, Ralph Kessler, Till Gerneth, Tobias Goldmann, Jamie Angus, Torben Scharling, Philipp Strobel, Stewart Markley, Bernhard Muller, Dennis L. Green, Elena Shabalina, Nathan Rader, Hyunkook Lee, Hannes Helmholz, Madalina Nastasa, Hans Beekhuyzen, Javier Frutos-Bonilla, Felix Diemer, Boris Rehders, Bruce Barbour among others.
For this month's AES South German Section Research Colloquium, two experts in the field of audio measurements and pychoacoustic perception discussed their experiences regarding commonly used methods of listening tests, their evaluation and the analysis of measurements, with full interaction with the audience.
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Dr Hyunkook Lee - Discrimination between Audio Stimuli: How to Design an ABX Test
Dr Hyunkook Lee talked about currently used listening test procedures that can be used for signal detection or discrimination testing. He focused on the ABX test, which is designed to identify a stimulus X that is equivalent to one of the stimuli A or B. Using examples of real tests, he demonstrated psychophysical and random-switched designs for ABX tests including the parameters that should be considered in the analysis process to evaluate the results and to identify possible biases, all based on signal detection theories. He concluded by addressing where an ABX test is appropriate, defining limitations and suggesting alternative test methods.
We thank Dr Hyunkook Lee for a well understandable presentation of this complex topic. He opened different perspectives to design a listing test for a particular task and analyse its results.
A video of the presentation is available on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb544K7PnQo&t=16s
Centre for Audio and Psychoacoustic Engineering at the University of Huddersfield
https://research.hud.ac.uk/institutes-centres/apl//
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Philipp Strobel - Headphone Measurements vs. Listening Tests: Are We Missing Something?
Philipp Strobel's field of work focuses mainly on the binaural synthesis of headphones to reduce the flaws of loudspeakers and room acoustics in the listening experience. Therefore, he wanted to investigate whether new technologies improve sound reproduction, focusing on macro- and micro-dynamics. Starting with a listening test comparing different products in different price ranges, he carried out a more detailed comparison of two open headphones and presented the test framework, the signal processing techniques used and the parameters in time and frequency that influence psychoacoustic perception. Even with matching parameters, there was an audible difference. This leads to the questions: "What is missing here?" and "How can the differences be quantified?"
We thank Philipp Strobel for the very impressive talk, which highlighted a topic that touches almost everyone working in audio - How to quantify or evaluate the psychoacoustic perception?
A video of the presentation is available on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Y9p5wH5G4&t=11s
For more information about the event, please have a look on our section blog post.
https://www.aes.org/sections/southgerman/blog/2021/4/meeting-2021-4-20
