psychoacoustics

I tried to upgrade my system and ran into abit of roadblock. Main music type is electro pop, but I listen to all genre and watch movies. The upgrade goal was to get a system that had the best spatial cues(the sound environment)/ holographic imaging, and clarity/very clean bass. *Current set...

New to the forum, would like to thank those of you who steered me to an RSL 10, now that I have it I have an unconventional question for this forum - Can anyone direct me to compilations or individual tracks of really bone chilling sub-bass? Interested more in sound effects than music. I was...

First post here, so forgive me if I miss a convention. Wanted to share an observation I’ve been documenting in my own system. My current system consists of two cherry B&W DM7 MK2 loudspeakers powered by a Rotel RB985, two MartinLogan Motion 40i towers powered by an Arcam AVR5 (which also...

Here the author explains why our hearing is so complex and our ears can be more sensitive to nuances than you think! I am not disagreeing or agreeing with him. This is not to malign the author as I know this forum is very hostile to subjective opinions. Just to welcome discussion around this...

Download the sample file from here and listen. Unless your equipment is not capable of reproducing beyond 20 kHz or you are 99 years old you will easily hear alternative patterns of different tone. One is a 7 kHz sin wave and another is "artificially constructed" square wave composed of 7 kHz...

Veritasium just released this interesting video on some topics how our brain processes sounds and harmonics.

https://psychoacoustics.dpg.psy.unipd.it/sito/ The link is for a standard set of psychoacoustic tests used in academic (non clinical) evaluations. Try them out to learn a little about yourself. The page has a link to an instruction manual with the academic references about how to interpret and...

While planning my surround sound setup I got stuck at the questions if I want to get add a center channel or not. For movies and native surround music like Dolby Atmos music a center channel makes absolutely sense because there is native content mixed to that channel. But most of my music still...

My home audio chain is mostly digital and looks like: [PC] -> [USB to SPDIF] -> [digital equalizer] -> [digital crossover + DACs] -> [power amps] -> [subs and mains] I recently bought the Topping D10B for USB to SPDIF conversion, and that offered a possibility to apply the Behringer SX3040 V2...

It started with the fact that I was disappointed with the AKG K361 headphones, they seem to fit the Harman curve, plus I used the oratory1990 EQ, started listening and ... I didn’t like it. I think: well, how is it, here are the headphones, smartly made for the right purpose, they have much...

ASR reviews for DACs often capture "beyond hearing threshold'. We each are susceptible to psychoacoustics. For amps, we select from measurements, power and use features. For DACs in the 'Blue' zone of highly rated, why would we select one that has the higher cost, assuming features not...

Hello everyone! Today I am asking for your help in a research study for a class on research methods. Participation will not require anything from you except some time and a computer with web browsing and audio playback capabilities. Permission to post this here has been provided by Amir, for...

I bought I extra copy for a reason that fell through long ago. This is a brand new hard copy of Mr. Toole's opus book Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms,3rd Edition I have been on this forum awhile, hopefully you can trust me with the sale of an...

Hi, I wanted to know you opinion on cutting frequencies below 20 Hz, I saw a lot of speakers that have small woofer that doesn't extend well past 50-60Hz, but that's not the case with headphones, with many reviews recommending equalization of bass to Harman target and even with linear bass...

I had a hearing test yesterday. It's been 4 years since my last one and with constant tinnitus caused by concerts, motorcycles etc I should do them regularly. The verdict that my hearing was fine apart from age related loss. Probably exacerbated though. My hearing in fine in the critical...

According to Stig Carlsson’s philosophy of the speaker and room as a system. http://user.faktiskt.io/schmutziger/OA51 FAQ/pdf/carlsson_ortho_design_principles.pdf Let’s push for a resurgence of a systems level approach for speaker design and not just plop down a couple of mundane boxes on the...

Er, actually, this thread should probably be in the psychoacoustics area. Can a mod move it? Introduction and observation: Following the fairly well received post on the relationship between group delay and spatial effects in headphones, I thought I'd start a new thread on the matter, gathering...

Double blind wine tasting (and the impact of the bottle)? Coke vs Pepsi and functional MRIs? Very interesting topics to read about that highlight the complexities of human perceptions and all the factors that influence it. I have read a lot of behavioral economics and psychology books...

Roughly sorted according to theme, and chosen because I think they're worth listening to. The difficulty ranges from introductory to real heavy. Part of the way I dive into a topic is to find lectures by knowledgeable people and then build archives. So maybe others will find this useful as...

In my attempt to find my preferable FR for headphones, I went on various sites to explore and found that RTINGs had a decent way of documenting them. I know that since they might have had only one unit at hand, their charts might not be representative of an aggregated FR curve for their devices...