I'm more the mechatronic, electromechanical fan perspective but this is interesting. Are you thinking analogue or digital?...lolReverb and decay? Waiting for professional input. This topic interests me too.
I have not yet read the replies to your initial post but I question whether any headphones or in-ear phones actually can create or, rather, re-create a sense of space.How do we perceive the spaciousness of a recording and how do companies, like headphone or in-ear makers, help create that sense of space?
First you should ask how you can perceive the space surrounding you in real life. Short answer:So, engineers, scientists, and psychoacoustic specialists:
How do we perceive the spaciousness of a recording
Just listen to a dummy head recording.I have not yet read the replies to your initial post but I question whether any headphones or in-ear phones actually can create or, rather, re-create a sense of space.
Hey I know Ville Pulkki! He does great work, his PhD is about VBAP, vector based amplitude panning, where you have a large array of speakers (say, 8-64) in a 2D-3D space and use triplets of speakers with different amplitudes. Sort of like normal stereo panning but in 2D with at least 3 speakers.Easy to read PhD Dissertation: http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2001/isbn9512255324/isbn9512255324.pdf
RTINGS has an interesting approach when reviewing headphones: https://www.rtings.com/headphones/tests/sound-quality/soundstage.So, engineers, scientists, and psychoacoustic specialists:
How do we perceive the spaciousness of a recording and how do companies, like headphone or in-ear makers, help create that sense of space?
Sure but there are too few of those to be significant. I have some hope for the ATMOS/Sony 360 efforts.Just listen to a dummy head recording.
That’s one of the things I’m curious about. We always hear people talk about soundstage and imaging depth whenever they describe the sound signature of an IEM or HP. How is that accomplished and how do we hear that sense of space when the drivers are literally in our ear or just outside it?I have not yet read the replies to your initial post but I question whether any headphones or in-ear phones actually can create or, rather, re-create a sense of space.
I’ve seen those techniques used in music production to enhance the wideness of an instrument in a recording or recording itself. I wonder to what extent and how that effect influences our perception of the space?Reverb and decay? Waiting for professional input. This topic interests me too.
I have not yet read the replies to your initial post but I question whether any headphones or in-ear phones actually can create or, rather, re-create a sense of space.
As I said.Kal, I'm sure you are familiar with the Chesky Binaural series. But I'll mention them for the sake of others who may not.
Sure but there are too few of those to be significant.
I know but just wanted to state the fact that a very convincing soundstage experience with headphones is certainly possible. IME it's more convincing than 2 channel stereo via speakers.Sure but there are too few of those to be significant. I have some hope for the ATMOS/Sony 360 efforts.