Coloration metrics for headphone equalization

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Boren, Braxton
Geronazzo, Michele
Brinkmann, Fabiann
Choueiri, Edgar
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Headphone equalization is necessary for accurate binaural reproduction over headphones, but so far no metrics have been adopted for evaluating human perception of spectral coloration in post-equalization headphone transfer functions (HpTFs). A metric for peak error is proposed that represents the average HpTF error from narrow peaks per third octave band. In addition, a new metric for broadband error is defined by subtracting the average error from narrow peaks and notches from that of an auditory filter bank model. Used together, the peak error and broadband error terms are shown to represent the critical information necessary for transparent headphone reproduction.
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2015-07
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