Three programs (female voice, jazz music, and pink noise) were reproduced using four different frequency responses and two different sound levels. Fourteen normal hearing subjects listened to the reproductions via earphones and judged the sound quality on seven perceptual scales (loudness, clarity, fullness, spaciousness, brightness, softness/gentleness, and nearness) and a fidelity scale. Significant differences among the reproductions appeared in all scales and could be attributed to the differences in frequency response or sound level or both. Interactions between the reproductions and the programs could be explained by the relations between the spectrum of the programs and the frequency responses used. The results for the noise program were similar to those for the jazz music program.
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September 01 1990
Perceived sound quality of reproductions with different frequency responses and sound levels
Alf Gabrielsson;
Alf Gabrielsson
Department of Technical Audiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, and Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Björn Hagerman;
Björn Hagerman
Department of Technical Audiology, Karolinska Institute, KTH, S‐100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Tommy Bech‐Kristensen;
Tommy Bech‐Kristensen
Department of Technical Audiology, Karolinska Institute, KTH, S‐100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Göran Lundberg
Göran Lundberg
Department of Technical Audiology, Karolinska Institute, KTH, S‐100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 88, 1359–1366 (1990)
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Received:
February 27 1989
Accepted:
April 06 1990
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Alf Gabrielsson, Björn Hagerman, Tommy Bech‐Kristensen, Göran Lundberg; Perceived sound quality of reproductions with different frequency responses and sound levels. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 1 September 1990; 88 (3): 1359–1366. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.399713
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