Evaluation of binaural renderers: Multidimensional sound quality assessment

Gregory Reardon, Andrea Genovese, Gabriel Zalles, Patrick Flanagan, Agnieszka Roginska

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Abstract

A multi-phase subjective experiment evaluating six commercially available binaural audio renderers was carried out. This paper presents the methodology, evaluation criteria, and main findings of the tests which assessed perceived sound quality of the renderers. Subjects appraised a number of specific sound quality attributes - timbral balance, clarity, naturalness, spaciousness, and dialogue intelligibility - and ranked, in terms of preference, the renderers for a set of music and movie stimuli presented over headphones. Results indicated that differences between the perceived quality and preference for a renderer are discernible. Binaural renderer performance was also found to be highly content-dependent, with significant interactions between renderers and individual stimuli being found, making it difficult to determine an "optimal" renderer for all settings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality 2018
Subtitle of host publicationScience, Technology, Design, and Implementation
PublisherAudio Engineering Society
Pages60-73
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781510870390
StatePublished - 2018
EventAES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality: Science, Technology, Design, and Implementation, AVAR 2018 - Redmond, United States
Duration: Aug 20 2018Aug 22 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings of the AES International Conference
Volume2018-August

Other

OtherAES International Conference on Audio for Virtual and Augmented Reality: Science, Technology, Design, and Implementation, AVAR 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityRedmond
Period8/20/188/22/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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