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Reference vs. Preference: The “Surround” of Surround Sound
Technical Paper
2006-01-0481
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Abstract
Surround sound provided by stereo and 5.1 systems may not be satisfying all its listeners. Whether in the automobile or in the home, customers complain of “nothing from the rear speakers”, or about the sound “not filing the room”, etc.
While 5.1 systems promise more surround, the economics of music production and concerns of music professionals are likely causing stereo to dominate production resources and causing 5.1 mixes to miss their full potential. The author believes that post-processing electronic and acoustic manipulation can produce sound that customers will prefer.
A controlled experiment was performed which compared reference stereo and surround systems to ones augmented by extra surround equipment.
This paper:
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Discusses a very brief history of stereo and surround sound
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Describes an experiment used to test listener preference,
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Details experimental results when comparing reference-like music presentation with envelopment enhancing sound processing using both stereo and 5.1 recorded music.
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Citation
Stroud, R., "Reference vs. Preference: The “Surround” of Surround Sound," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-0481, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-0481.Also In
SAE 2006 Transactions Journal of Passenger Cars: Electronic and Electrical Systems
Number: V115-7; Published: 2007-03-30
Number: V115-7; Published: 2007-03-30
References
- Stroud R. “More: The Selling of Audio” Society of Automotive Engineers, Paper number 981142 Feb 26 1998
- Nosane T. “Can You Trust Your Ears?” Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 91St Conv. Oct 4-8 1991
- Soulodre G. Lavoie M. Norcross S. “Objective Measures of Listener Envelopment in Multichannel Surround Systems” Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 51 9 Sept 2003