Audibility of high Q-factor all-pass components in HRTFs

Daniela Toledo, Henrik Møller

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Abstract

Head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) can be decomposed into minimum phase, linear phase and all-pass components.  It is known that low Q-factor all-pass sections in HRTFs are audible as lateral shifts when the interaural group delay at low frequencies exceeds 30usec.  The goal of our investigation is to test the audibility of high Q-factor all-pass components in HRTFs and the perceptual consequences of removing them.  A three-alternative forced choice experiment has been conducted.  Results suggest that high Q-factor all-pass sections are audible when presented alone, but are inaudible when presented with their minimum phase HRTF counterpart.  It is concluded that high Q-factor all-pass sections can be discarded from HRTFs models.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAudio Engineering Society Convention Papers : Papers 7501-7650
Number of pages13
PublisherAudio Engineering Society
Publication date2008
ISBN (Electronic)978-0-937803-65-3
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Event125th AES Convention - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 2 Oct 20085 Oct 2008
Conference number: 125

Conference

Conference125th AES Convention
Number125
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period02/10/200805/10/2008

Bibliographical note

Paper 7565

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