Preferred headphone tone adjustments depend on music program and listener attributes

Evidence

The preferred adjusted levels were influenced by several factors: the (a) music program (b) the listener’s gender, (c) age, and (d) prior listening experience. The program interactions with preferred bass and treble levels can be explained in part due to circle of confusion issues that cause variability in the quality of recordings (Section 1.7). — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1794

Categorization

• XREF: Circle of confusion concept links back to Section 1.7 of this book, connecting headphone preference variability to recording production chains.