Spatial quality evaluation for reproduced sound: Terminology, meaning, and a scene-based paradigm

AES: Journal of the Audio Engineering Society

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 651-666

  Rumsey, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STANDARDS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; TERMINOLOGY;

MEAN OPINION SCORE; SOUND QUALITY; SOUND SIGNAL;

SOUND REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0036748462     PISSN: 00047554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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