Headphone-specific corrections can translate target curves between ear simulators

Evidence

The conclusion from this exercise is that a single universal correction/compensation between ear simulators is not possible since the magnitude of the error is headphone model dependent. However, it is valid to calculate a correction for a single headphone model, for example, the IE headphone used for the Harman target curve research. Using this procedure, we translated the Harman IE target from the Type 3.3. to the 4.3 ear simulator. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1818

Categorization

Category: Craft and Method

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