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Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND SCIENCE. / Includes bibliographical references. / by Joel Asher Foner. / B.S.

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While most of today’s music listening is being done through headphones, mixing techniques using binaural audio are still not widely implemented in modern music production. This study aims to help inform mixing engineers on the applicability of binaural processing for music production, with the specific focus on how binaurally processed audio translates to loudspeakers in terms of listener preference. In this study a listening test was performed where binaurally processed mixes where given preference ratings in relation to a reference mix. Each listener completed the test twice, once using headphones and once using loudspeakers. The test results for the two playback systems were then compared. Only one of 12 mixes showed a significant difference in preference ratings with playback system as the factor, but the reported ratings showed a large disagreement among the 13 test subjects. The results from the study are inconclusive, however they do not suggest that the binaural processing used for the stimuli suffers in terms of listener preference when played back over loudspeakers.

The purposes of the study are as follows: 1. To delineate the functions of the different component parts of a loudspeaker so as to show its working relationship with the enclosure or baffle 2. To analyze the basic types of speaker enclosure designs and to define their application for use in woodworking shop projects. 3. To explore the skills and knowledge needed to build correctly a highly functional speaker system cabinet. 4. To present these construction techniques in such a way as they might be helpful to the prospective builder of a speaker system enclosure. 5. To provide a helpful guide for the design and construction of hi-fidelity cabinetry and to help the builder avoid needless and costly mistakes of acoustic and aesthetic design.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-226).

Στην παρούσα εργασία μελετάται ο συχνοτικός διαχωρισμός ενός ηχητικού σήματος με χρήση τράπεζας φίλτρων MPEG 32 περιοχών με σκοπό τη τροφοδοσία μιας επίπεδης συστοιχίας 32 ακουστικών πηγών και τον υπολογισμό του σήματος εξόδου σε δοσμένη θέση στο χώρο. Στη συνέχεια υπολογίζονται οι παράμετροι απόδοσης NMR (Noise to Mask Ratio) και LSD (Log Spectral Distance) για τέσσερις μεθόδους σάρωσης (τροφοδοσίας) των ακουστικών πηγών της συστοιχίας. Αναπτύσσεται επίσης και παρουσιάζεται μια γραφική διεπιφάνεια χρήστη μέσω της οποίας υλοποιούνται οι προσομοιώσεις και απεικονίζονται τα αποτελέσματα. / The current project describes the frequency separation of a sound signal into frequency components by using a MPEG filter bank of 32 bands, in order to use these components as input values for a loudspeaker array composed by 32 loudspeakers and calculate the output in a given position in space. After the estimation of the output, two parameters of efficiency are being calculated, NMR (Noise to Mask Ratio) and LSD (Log Spectral Distance) for four different setups of the loudspeaker array. Finally, a graphical user interface is developed in order to perform the necessary simulations and present the results.