Evaluation of equalization methods for binaural signals

126th Audio Engineering Society Convention 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 15-31

  Schärer, Zora ^a   Lindau, Alexander ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINAURAL SIGNALS; COMPENSATION METHOD; DUMMY HEAD; DUMMY HEAD MICROPHONES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INVERSE FILTERING; LISTENING TESTS; NATURAL INTERACTIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL DIFFERENCES; SPECTRAL DISTORTIONS; TEST CRITERIA;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; HEADPHONES; LOUDSPEAKERS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS;

EID: 84866015219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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