Physical characteristics of headphones used in psychophysical experiments

Acoustical Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 276-285

  Hirahara, Tatsuya ^a,b  

^a NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Headphone calibration; Headphone frequency response; Psychoacoustical experiments

Indexed keywords

HEADPHONE CALIBRATION; HEADPHONE FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PHASE ROTATION; PSYCHOACOUSTICAL EXPERIMENTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; EARPHONES; EQUALIZERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HARMONIC DISTORTION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESONANCE;

HEADPHONES;

EID: 4344596801     PISSN: 13463969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1250/ast.25.276     Document Type: Article

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