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The presentation was recently held at https://danishsoundcluster.dk/danish-sound-day-2022-a-great-networking-day/ and can be downloaded at below link:
The examined main topics are:
Another interesting paper from Sonarworks that is mentioned in that presentation can be found at below link:
The examined main topics are:
- Is there a universal headphone target curve that most people prefer?
- What factors influence listener preferences?
- Some challenges/considerations in designing and testing headphones that satisfy listeners’ sound quality preferences
- Most listeners (64%) prefer a headphone target based on an accurate loudspeaker calibrated in a semi-reflective listening room w. 2 smaller segments preferring slight adjustments to the bass and treble
- Personalization can improve headphone sound & spatial quality to accommodate differences in taste, hearing, listening experience and ear shape/size acoustics
- Closed headphones produce inconsistent bass across listeners vs. open back desings
- Different headphone test fixtures produce measurements that diverge below 200 Hz and above 2 kHz and here they don’t accurately represent average measurements made on humans.
- While there is a strong argument for a better industry standard headphone target, loudspeaker history tells us it is unlikely to occur.
Another interesting paper from Sonarworks that is mentioned in that presentation can be found at below link:
SoundID SR for Headphones: A new Headphone Tuning Standard - Sonarworks Blog
This White Paper covers data-based insights and a proposal for the new headphone calibration standard and its implications for the industry
www.sonarworks.com