Headphone Sound Quality: What Do Listeners Prefer?

Across Acoustics

As mobile technology has evolved, allowing people to carry music, movies, books, and a host of other types of infotainment in their pockets, headphones have become more prevalent. However, in the 2010s, as smartphones became ubiquitous, headphone technology remained stuck twenty years in the past. In this episode, we talk to Sean Olive of Harman International about his research regarding the perception of headphone sound quality and how standards can be updated to better reflect listener preferences.

Read the associated article: Sean E. Olive. (2022) “The Perception and Measurement of Headphone Sound Quality: What Do Listeners Prefer?” Acoustics Today 18(1). https://doi.org/10.1121/AT.2022.18.1.58.

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